Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī

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About this Item

Title

  • Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī

Other Title

  • اخلاق ناصرى

Summary

  • Ethical work by Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.

Names

  • Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274, author
  • Munro, Thomas, Sir, 1761-1827, former owner

Created / Published

  • [18th century]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  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.

Medium

  • 206 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 18.2 x 10 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BJ1291 .T78 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016404676

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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:

Ṭūsī, Naṣīr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Author, and Thomas Munro. Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016404676/.

APA citation style:

Ṭūsī, N. A. M. I. M. & Munro, T. Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī. [18th Century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016404676/.

MLA citation style:

Ṭūsī, Naṣīr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad, Author, and Thomas Munro. Akhlāq-i Nāṣirī. [18th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016404676/>.