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Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī - Persian manuscript

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Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī - Persian manuscript

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Summary

Ethical work by Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from spine label.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Written in Iran.
Paper; cream-color polished laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; body of main text is enclosed in blue and gold ruled borders; black ink with red chapter headings catchwords on rectos; original manuscript lacked a section at the beginning, from the title to 5 lines before the beginning of Faṣl-i duvvum; and at the end from fol. 194a to the end; these sections were supplied at a later date, probably in the early 19th century in a later hand on thick, cream-color unpolished paper with horizontal chain-lines and no visible watermarks; the beginning section has 19 lines to the page and the end section 17; black ink with rubrication and overlining; catchwords on rectos.
Former owner's bookplate pasted inside front cover, "Thomas Munro, 46."
Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 14 x 5.5 cm.
Fol. 2b-204a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M92.
Modern dark brown leather binding; original spine label attached.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

date_range

Date

1800 - 1900
place

Location

washington dc
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Source

Library of Congress
copyright

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