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Bustān-i Saʻdī - Persian manuscript

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Bustān-i Saʻdī - Persian manuscript

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Summary

Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from fol. 1a.
Scribe not identified.
Possibly written in India.
Date on fol. 1a; manuscript may be older.
Paper; medium cream color paper with no visible watermarks; fol. 1b has floral unwan in gold, blue, red and white contains the Basmalah; text block enclosed in ruled border of one thin blue and one wide gold line; text itself is set off by single gold line on either side; hemistichs and sections are also separated by a thin gold line; black ink, section titles in red; catchwords.
Nastaʻliq; 19 lines in written area 16.5 x 6.3 cm.
Fol. 1b-114a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M76.
Binding is tan paper over boards with black cloth spine and corners.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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Date

01/01/1798
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washington dc
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