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Volume 1 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, containing the history of the pre-Islamic Prophets and the early kings of Persia. A very early copy, written only five years after the death of the author.
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Volume 1 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, containing the history of the pre-Islamic Prophets and the early kings of Persia. A very early copy, written only five years after the death of the author.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- روضه الصفا.
- Transliterated Title
- Rawz̤at al-ṣafā.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 462Lq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcnp193p426
- Publisher
- [1503?]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1503
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 273 leaves : paper ; 279 x 177 (218 x 116) mm bound to 280 x 177 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature dated 126[?]7 and seal impression (fol. 1a), stamp in purple ink (fol. 1b), seal impression (fol. 273b). 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. 462
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon (fol. 273b).
- Label on lower cover: "S.S 50".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 273 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 29 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair to poor condition, hole through top of folios 174-271 with some loss of text.
- Origin: Date following colophon 909 (leaf 274b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم زيب فهرست نسخه مفاخر انبياءى ...
- Colophon: تمت المجلد الاول من كلام امير خ؟ روضه الصفا تمت الكتاب
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled edging. Pink paper pastedowns. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 560
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cd102a16-b810-4635-b80b-446ef77beffd/manifest