Manuscript/Mixed Material Collection of choicest poems

Title

• Collection of choicest poems

Summary

• Incomplete collection of poems.

Created / Published

• [17th century?]

Headings

• -  Persian poetry
• -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
• -  Iran

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Title from container.
• -  Name of scribe not indicated
• -  Written in Iran.
• -  Paper; dark cream-colored laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text enclosed in narrow ruled border of black and gold; bismalah at head of text decorated in blue and gold panel; black ink; catchwords on rectos.
• -  Nastaʻliq; 11 lines in written area 11.5 x 4.5 cm.
• -  Fol. 16a, 17a, 18a, 21a, 25a, 26a and 28b have line drawings, some highlighted with gold, in the margins.
• -  Fol. 1b-41b (incomplete).
• -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M104.
• -  Modern brown leather binding.
• -  Conserved; 08-83-026.085 1983 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
• -  Persian.
• -  Incipit: يا رب بسوز سينه زندان پاك باز ...
• -  Explicit/Colophon: دل با فروغ [..]وى توز انها فراغ دا ...

Medium

• 41 leaves (11 lines), paper : bound ; 16.3 x 9.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• PK6434 .C65 1600z

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m104

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2016496223

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2016496223

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