Formerly owned by Theodore W. J. Wylie (bookplate inside back cover). Inscription: "Presented to The Rev. T. W. J. Wylie Professor of Theology in Philadelphia by J. R. Campbell Saharanpur, India, Oct. 20th 1856" (Flyleaf 1r, front of book) with further inscription: "Sháh Námah or The History of the Persian Kings by Molavi Nizámí all handsomely written by hand" (Flyleaf 2r, front of book).
Publisher:
[India?] , [between 1750 and 1825?]
Relation:
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1952.html
289 leaves : paper, illuminations; 331 x 175 (255 x 128) mm bound to 332 x 187 mm.
Personal Name:
Wylie, Theodore W. J. (Theodore William John), 1818-1897, former owner.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Binding: Bound in cracked brown leather over pasteboard (Type III); thin, red leather doublure.; Origin: The copy is not dated, though it was likely copied in the mid-18th to early-19th century, probably in India.; Decoration: Rubrications in red. Textblock border-ruled in green, beige, black, and red with double black rules between the columns of text; page-opening framed by a black rule; polychrome illuminated headpieces in red, pink, blue, beige and green (f. 1v, 27v, 88v, 167v, 237v).; Ms. codex.; Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: 22 lines in four columns, border-ruled with page-opening rule.; Persian.
The Penn Libraries makes materials accessible to improve information equity and enhance teaching, research,
and learning. See our Sensitive Materials Statement
for more information.