Manuscript
- Holding institution:
- Penn Museum
- Data provider:
- Penn Museum
- Title:
- Manuscript
- Creator:
- Nir ad-Din Abdarraham Jami
- Date:
- 1487 AD
1487 - Description:
- No miniatures. 2 headings. Green binding. Panj Ganj by Jami. Written in Nastaliq. 19 lines to a page in four columns. Six unwans. Gold ruled margins, red titles. Cream colored paper. Leather binding-outside is green, inside red embossed with gold. Contents: Panj Ganj or"Five Treasures"-five poems of the great Persian poet Nir ad-Din Abdarraham Jami (1414-1492 A.D.) Stamps with names at the end of the book. page 2b-3a prose preface. page 3b-27b Tuhfat al Ahrar or A Gift to the Free, a religious poem. page 53-13J Subhat al-Abrar or the the Rosary of the Righteous, a religious poem. page 139-269 Yusuf wa Zulaikha, a poetical story of Joseph. page 251-355 Laila wa Majnun, love story. page 179b-211b Khizad Namahi Iskandarhi or The book of Wisdom of Alexander (the Great) a mystic poem.
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Poetry
- Coverage:
- Persian
- Geographic region:
- Persia
- Medium:
- Paper
Ink
Leather - Identifier:
- 319530
- Source:
- NEP28