Shelfmark
MS 313
Author
Title
Notebooks [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1841-1842.
Physical description
4 v. ; 178 x 115 mm.
Language
Written in English, Arabic and Persian (almost always in Roman script).
Note
Material: paper.
Note
Format: 4 codices.
Note
Mise-en-page: verso of pages usually include translated text in English, while facing rectos are divided into two columns with individual foreign words on the left and their translation on the right.
Note
Decoration: none.
Note
Handwriting: Robert Neeham Cust's signature on the first volume suggests they are personal notebooks, handwritten by him.
Formatted contents note
Contents: English translations on verso of pages, glossary on rectos. Vol. 1: 9th book of Anvar-i Suhaili -- Vol. 2: Persian exercises, dated 1842 -- Vol. 3: Arabic exercises, February-June 1841 -- Vol. 4: "discussion between animals and men" an essay in English.
Cite as
Eton College, MS 313
Provenance
Origin: the dates written in the notebooks suggest they were written when Cust was attending the East India Company's college at Haileybury, where he studied Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani.
Provenance
Provenance: presented to ECL in 1932, based on ms. note on box where they are housed.
Binding
19th-century green or red morocco over cardboard. Covers undecorated. Ms. "title" of each volume written on upper cover in black ink. Textblock trimmed and marbled. No endleaves.
Subject
Translations Manuscripts.
Subject
Persian literature 1500-1796 Translations.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
eng ara per
Identifier
B52846