Kitāb-i Gulistān; کتاب گلستان

Contributor:

Juvaynī, Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh ibn Muḥammad Malikshāh (scribe); Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Name:

Saʻdī

Timespan:

747-1500

Date:

1510

Description:

Collection of Persian stories and poems.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Formerly held by the Nalima Library (note laid in manuscript).; Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.; Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, donor.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/cajs_rarms207.html

Subject:

Persian literature -- 747-1500; Persian literature

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, 16th century; Codices (bound manuscripts); Illuminations (painting); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

112 leaves : paper, illumination; 205 x 140 (150 x 90) mm bound to 205 x 150 mm + 2 notes

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Collation: Paper, 112; 1⁸ 2⁶ 3¹² 4¹⁰ 5¹² 6⁸ 7¹² 8⁶ 9-10⁸ 11⁶ 12¹⁰ 13⁶; no foliation. Catchwords each leaf, lower left verso.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines with occasional marginal notes.; Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and red (p. [1]); rubrications in red.; Binding: Dark brown leather, cut smaller than the textblock and damaged along the bottom edge.; Origin: Copy complete in A.H. 916 (1510 or 1511 CE) by Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh ibn Muḥammad Malikshāh al-Juvaynī, from Khurasan (p. [227]).; Stamp (p. [226]).; Persian.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 207