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Richly decorated copy of the works of Saʻdī, without the Būstān.
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- Publisher
- 1102 [1690 or 1691]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 408L
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
Richly decorated copy of the works of Saʻdī, without the Būstān.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [کلىات سعدى].
- Transliterated Title
- [Kulliyāt-i Saʻdī].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 408L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckp78gv94p
- Publisher
- 1102 [1690 or 1691]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1690
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 440 leaves : paper ; 248 x 153 (155 x 100) mm bound to 255 x 170 mm.
- Provenance
- 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. 408
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- Leaves 3a-31a: Risālāt
- leaves 31b-184a: Gulistān
- leaves 184b-437a: Dīvān.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- French description of the manuscript's contents (fol. (i)a).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 440 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 10 lines per page in inner frame surrounded by outer frame written on the diagonal.
- Description: MS in good condition, first and last folios defective.
- Decoration: Opening spread of beginning and of major divisions (fol. 1b-2a, 31b-32a, 184b-185a, 188b-189a) have similar decoration: elaborate illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in gold, blue, red, orange, white and yellow; inner frame of red, blue and white, and an outer frame-ruling of gold, red and blue; text on a gold cloud background with flowers. Titles of poems are ornamented with flowers on a gold background within a multi-colored frame.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 1102 (fol. 439b).
- Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله تعالى ... صفر؟ فى 1102 هجرية وصلى الله على محمد واله
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding with lacquered covers, red leather edges, and brown leather spine. Inner covers richly ornamented with colored medallions and a gold panel. Outside covers in poor condition.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 894
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/267f61b3-e61d-4eb8-9bcf-3a4b518b6d82/manifest