Shelfmark
ECOM 27
Author
Title
Shāhnāmah-ʼi Firdawsī [manuscript].
Publication, distribution, etc.
Northern India : between 1801 and 1850?.
Physical description
1 v. : 344 x 198 mm.
Note
Material: chart.
Note
Format: codex.
Note
Handwriting: bold nasta'liq script.
Note
Number of leaves: 701 ff.
Note
Incipit: به نام خداوند جان و خرد.
Note
A Northern Indian manuscript of the first volume of the Shahnamah.
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 pastedown.
Provenance
Manuscript notes on the front flyleaf on the content of the manuscript.
Provenance
Manuscript note recording a donation? on the front flyleaf: ' Mr Warel to Petter Gray'.
Provenance
Loose leaf inserted with details from a display?
Binding
Brown morocco binding (Type I) with gold fillet frames on covers; three raised bands on spine; two additional flyleaves at the beginning and end of manuscript;
Copy-specific note
Previous shelf 11.3.
Subject
Persian poetry 747-1500.
Added entry--place
India.
Language code
fa
Identifier
B51644