Manuscript/Mixed Material Bahāristān-i Jāmī بهارستان جامي

Title

• Bahāristān-i Jāmī

Other Title

• بهارستان جامي

Summary

• Collection of memorable sayings, witticisms, anecdotes, etc., in prose and poetry in 8 books; concerning (book 1) Sufis and saints, 2) sayings of the philosophers, 3) justice of kings, 4) generosity, 5) love, 6) jokes and witticisms, 7) poets, and 8) on animals; the text is incompete and breaks off shortly after the beginning of book 7.

Names

• Jāmī, 1414-1492

Created / Published

• [illegible] al-thānī 1208 [1793]

Headings

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

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Persian
• -  Title from cover.
• -  Paper; thick cream-colored laid paper with no visible watermarks in poor condition with some damp staining to the top edge and extensive worm damage throughout. Black ink with rubrication; few marginal notes and corrections.
• -  Manuscript is incomplete; the text breaks off shortly after the beginning of book (rawz̤ah) 7.
• -  Place of writing not recorded, possibly Iran.
• -  Browne, E. G. Literary history of Persia, volume 3, page 515
• -  Several lines of poetry on endpaper.
• -  Nastaʻlīq script; 20 lines in written area 17 x 8.5 cm.
• -  Folio 1a-64b.
• -  Library of Congress Persian manuscript, M37.
• -  Contemporary cardboard binding with a cloth spine.
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

• 1, 64, 4 leaves (20 lines) bound : paper ; 22 x 12.8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• PK6490 .B3 1793

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m037

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2012498169

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2012498169

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