Majmūʻah.

Title:

Majmūʻah.
مجموعه

Date:

1775

Description:

Anthology of classical and contemporary Persian poetry containing the work of at least three dozen poets. The frequency of the nisba Isfahānī suggests production in that city. Arranged alphabetically by rhyme syllable, the text is in two parts: the first (f. 1r-66r), missing its initial folios, begins with poems ending in the letter "bāʼ"; the second (f. 67v-161v), complete from "alif" to "yāʼ", consists of ghazals.

Language:

Persian

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Manuscripts
Codices
Poems
Quarter covers
Printed marbling (decoration)
Stamps (Provenance)
Insertions (Provenance)
Persian poetry--Early works to 1800
Ghazals, Persian--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Persian

Geographic region:

Iṣfahān?

Provenance:

Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.Three effaced ownership seals (f. 161v): customs stamp dated 1312/1894-95 (f. 1r, 161v) ; Mottahedeh Resht (dealer) ; David Eugene Smith (donor).

Extent:

15 lines in two columns with 32 marginal lines across three sides.

Publisher:

Columbia University.

Rights:

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Identifier:

MS Or 66

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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