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- Publisher
- 1219 [1805]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 446L
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- نهر الفصاحه. [چار شربت].
- Transliterated Title
- Nahr al-faṣāḥah. [Chār sharbat].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 446L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcwh247565r
- Publisher
- 1219 [1805]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1805
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 128 leaves : paper ; 243 x 160 (165-182 x 90-100) mm bound to 248 x 168 mm.
- Provenance
- Seal impression of Khādim Ḥusayn Khān with date 1249 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Martinovitch, N.N. Catalogue of Turkish and Persian manuscripts (1926), no. 446
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1a-52b: Nahr al-faṣāḥah. Treatise on correct diction in Persian.
- 2. fol. 53b-128b: [Chār sharbat]. Treatise on Persian prosody and composition; incomplete at end.
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Marginal notes. Inserts. Inscriptions on pastedowns and folio 1a.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 128 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; a few folios lightly tinted ; MS in good condition; fol. 1-2 mended, some insect damage.
- Origin: [Nahr al-faṣāḥah] Copied 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1219 by ʻAlī ? (fol. 52b).
- Binding Note
- Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and red marbled paper. Blue paper pastedowns.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 268
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7885ed92-e6c2-4917-9fe4-fcddf9d13f6e/manifest