Shelfmark
ECOM 26
Author
Title
Yūsuf u Zulaykhā [manuscript].
Publication, distribution, etc.
Northern India : between 1801 and 1900.
Physical description
1 v. : ill. ; 187 x 115 mm.
Note
Material: chart.
Note
Format: codex.
Note
Decoration: illuminated full double-page opening with cloudbands; numerous miniatures (f. 10r, 26v, 34r, 37v, 46v, 55r, 61r, 63v, 68r, 77v, 81v, 90v, 101r, 138r, 147v, 151v, 156v).
Note
Handwriting: nasta'liq script.
Note
Number of leaves: 162 ff.
Note
Incipit: ا لهى غنچۀ امید بگشای گلی از روضۀ جاوید نمای.
Note
A Northern Indian illuminated manuscript of a romantic masnavi poem with numerous miniatures.
Citation/references note
Manuscript description based on M.S.Q. Fraser, Islamic manuscripts in the Eton College Library, 1996.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College on the back flyleaf with no. 19 written in pencil.
Provenance
Label with no. 19 on the front flyleaf and spine.
Provenance
Arabic inscriptions on red and white paper at the back of manuscript.
Binding
Contemporary Kashmir lacquer binding (Type I) with a rich floral decoration on the inner and outer sides of the boars; rebacked; some repairs.
Subject
Persian poetry 747-1500.
Subject
Masnavis, Persian India.
Added entry--place
India.
Language code
fa
Identifier
B51643