Anvar i Suheli ; Panchatantra

Title: Anvar i Suheli ; Panchatantra
LC Subject: Manuscripts, Persian Fables Animals--Mythology
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Description: Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger. Bookdealer's description (pasted in): W. Eames catalogue: 6252 Bidpai or Pilpay, Anvari Suheli, or the Persian version of the fables of Pilpay. Neatly written Persian manuscript of 376 leaves of glazed paper, dated A.H. 1219 (A.D. 1804). In the original stained binding but rebacked. This Persian version of the fables of Bidpai was made about the 6th Century. Collation: Large 8vo. Few stitches visible. Catchwords at each foot. Numeration at upper left corner of each recto with Arabic numerals turned vertical. Interlinear and marginal translations. Notes in English. Script: Farsi in Nanta'liq script. Decoration: Rubrication throughout. Binding: Dark Brown morocco with floral arabesques; border of medallions with verdant dressed highlights. The decomposure of the leather shows reuse of pressed paper fragments with writing, as boards. Watermarked endpapers. The Fables of Bidpai came originally from a Sanskrit source. It was brought to Persia in the 6th century A.D. From that version it was translated into Arabic, and from the Arabic into many languages. The best known version is made about the end of the 15th century, by Husain Waiz i Kashifi, entitled Anwar i Suhaili.
Provenance: Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942. Edward Burgess from the collection of Wilberforce Eames, Anderson sale, April, 1907.
Work Type: rare books
Location: Iran
Date: 1804
Identifier: MS047
Item Locator: MS 047
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Dc Rights Holder: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions: Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Language: Persian
Type: Collection
Format: application/xml
Material: paper
Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Primary Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution: University of Oregon
Layout: 376 leaves ; 230 x 140 mm. A single column of 15 lines, upon a writing area of 177 x 95 mm. Little visible ruling, but margins even as well as register on each recto and verso.