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Manuscript/Mixed Material Excerpts from classical Persian poetry Ghazalīyāt-i shaykh Saʻdī

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Title

  • Excerpts from classical Persian poetry

Other Title

  • Ghazalīyāt-i shaykh Saʻdī

Summary

  • Selection of poems from classical Persian poets.

Names

  • Saʻdī
  • Jāmī, 1414-1492
  • Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century

Created / Published

  • 1249 [1833 or 1834] (in a later hand)

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from container.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Written in Iran.
  • -  Paper; very thin, polished white laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text enclosed in double ruled border, the outer one of a thin gold line, the inner border of a thin and a thick gold line, all edged in black; text divided into two columns by two thin gold lines also edged in black; black ink; miniscule catchwords.
  • -  Shikastah script; text written diagonally; 8 lines in written area 9 x 4 cm.
  • -  Elaborate Qajar style full page miniature paintings on fol. 16a, 34a, 49b, 65b, 96b, 112b, 143b, and 152b.
  • -  Fol. 1b-168a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M110.
  • -  Elaborate can leather with laquer painting of a floral design with dorative border; inside of cover decorated with a floral design in contrasting colors; hinged at top edge.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 168 leaves (8 lines), paper : bound ; 13 x 7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6431 .E93 1833

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017406025

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

SaʻDī, Jāmī, and Active 14Th Century Ḥāfiẓ. Excerpts from classical Persian poetry. [1833 or 1834 in a Later Hand, 1833] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017406025/.

APA citation style:

SaʻDī, Jāmī & Ḥāfiẓ, A. 1. C. (1833) Excerpts from classical Persian poetry. [1833 or 1834 in a Later Hand] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017406025/.

MLA citation style:

SaʻDī, Jāmī, and Active 14Th Century Ḥāfiẓ. Excerpts from classical Persian poetry. [1833 or 1834 in a Later Hand, 1833] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017406025/>.