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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.

Description: Illuminated Persian Manuscript in Nasta'liq. Odes of Hafiz, short ghazal couplets form a collection under the name Diwan. Each ode of 5-16 couplets, last couplet rhyming the poets name (called the Maqta). Edward G. Browne, in Persian Literature under the Tartar Dominion, states, Many of [Hafiz's] odes are to be taken in a symbolic and mystical sense few will deny; that others celebrate a beauty not celestial and a wine not allegorical can hardly be questioned., Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: 8vo. First quires of 8 and 12. Catchwords at the foot of each verso. Unknown Signatures. No Pagination., Script: Farsi, Nasta'liq script., Markings: Front free endpaper: £15; 501; 38801; [circled] 45; F. Pollock. H. Young Co. / Liverpool / July 1902 / FP 129 / Persian / Hafz; [overscored]Y; Burgess MS 45; Hafiz; Illuminated MS / CLLT 25 meeting B-8.

Description: Manuscript codex. Jami, the last classic poet of Persia. Beharistan is in prose & verse similar in character and arrangement to the Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di, and embedded with themes of Sufi mysticism., Collation: 8vo in quires of 8 except I_, XI^__, Final_., Decoration: f1v: headpiece of rectilinear gilt panel upon blue base, with highlights of black, red, white, purple, green and light blue, in floral pattern on gold vines., Binding: Carnelian morocco, edge paneled in a pattern of embossed circles, center medallion on front & rear cover, with two additional embossments repeated above & below., Script: Nasta' liq in black ink, Content Note: Jami, the last classic poet of Persia. Beharistan is in prose & verse similar in character and arrangement to the Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di, and embedded with themes of Sufi mysticism.

Description: Odes, Commentary on the Koran, and Poetry by the fourteenth-century Persian poet, Ḥāfiẓ.

Description: Rich collection of old Indian folk-lore and fables preserved in the Persian versions of Kalilah and Dimnah, originally in Sanskrit., Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Catchwords at foot of each leaf; no signatures or numbers., Script: Shekasteh Nasta'liq style or broken Nasta'liq (developed in Iran in the 14th and 15th c. CE), in black with occasional rubricated characters and lines. Occasional English words of translation penciled on margin., Decoration: None., Binding: Brown marbled calf. Spine has 5 pairs of horizontal gold lines. Four flyleaves at beginning, two at end.

Description: Summary: Includes Ghazal 164 and possibly Ghazal 46., Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Lettering: Written in Nasta'liq script., Collation: disbound sheets.

Description: One leaf (two pages) from an illuminated manuscript Qur'an, containing text from surah XXXII, As-Sajdah (the Adoration) and including verses 32.16-17: Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon their lord in fear and in hope, and they spend out of what We have given them. So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that, which will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did. The leaf includes a Persian interlinear translation in red., Manuscript document., Title devised by cataloger., Date and place of production from bookdealer's description., Collation: Paper, single sheet, two pages., Origin: India., Layout: Single column of 12 lines, with interlinear translation., Lettering of Arabic text: Naskh, with thuluth in the headings. Persian text in unidentified script., Decoration: Text within border of foliage in red and gold, with frames in red, black, gold, and green; verso has decoration in lower right margin, in gold, black, blue, and red., Annotations: Possible annotations on verso, far right edge., Binding: Disbound.

Description: One leaf (two pages) from an illuminated manuscript of poetry in Persian, containing lines by Persian Suif poet Jāmī., Manuscript document., Title devised by cataloger., Date and place of production from bookdealer's description., Collation: Paper, single sheet, two pages., Origin: North India., Layout: 12 lines in 2 columns., Lettering: Nasta'liq script in black ink., Decoration: Intercolumnar rules decorated with floral motifs; corner pieces and outer margins decorated with floral sprays and motifs in colors and gold throughout, inner margins ruled in colors and gold., Binding: Disbound.

Description: Two leaves (four pages) from a late 18th/early19th century Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. Each leaf has on one side seven lines written in nadkhi script in black ink, with interlinear Persian translation, surrounded by 22 lines written diagonally in outer margins in nada'liq script, primarily in black ink, with significant words and sentences in red; and on the other side three lines of Arabic text, with interlinear Persian translation within broad, richly illuminated arabesque margins in blue, turquoise, orange, and two shades of gold. The text comes from one of the prayers of Muhammad from the hadith. A hadith consists of the accounts of words, deeds, or silent approval of Muhammad during the period of his preaching. The primary text loosely translates to: Lord, I am fighting with you, and I am trying with you., Manuscript document., Title devised by cataloger., Date and place of production from bookdealer's description., Collation: Paper, two sheets, four pages., Origin: North India., Layout: Single column of 7 lines, with interlinear translation; 22 lines written diagonally in outer margins., Lettering: Nadkhi script with Sura headings; Nada'liq script., Decoration: Significant words and sentences picked out in red, double interlinear gold rules, interlinear Persian translation in red ink, arabesque margins in blue, turquoise, orange, and two shades of gold., Binding: Disbound.

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