Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Name of scribe or scribes not indicated. Purchase Written in Kashmir, India. Paper; light-cream paper; four colums per pate with triple-ruled frames of black, blue, and gold; column divisions illuminated in red, blue, and gilt; large illuminated headpieces at ff. 2.v, 153.v, 307v, and 465v., each having a different design, comprising two to three cartouches of red-on-gold calligraphy, surmounted by illuminated panels, surrounded by floreated frames all in various permutations of gold, blue, black, white, red, and pink; section headings in red-on-gold cartouches throughout, and sections of the text arranged into a diamond patterns, with the interstices floreated in gold; text in black ink. Browne. A literary history of Persia, v. 1, 110-123; v. 2, 129-145 Nastaʻliq; 25 lines in written area 28.2 x 15.6 cm. Includes 50 three-quarter-length miniatures to accompany the text. Folios 1a-582b. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M14. Contemporary Indian binding of blind-stamped red leather with bronze clasps, original leater headbands, discreetly rebacked retaining the original spine; flyleaves and pastedowns were renewed in the 19th century; front pastedown has a Persian inscription supplying a foliation; the rear pastdown contains and English cataloger's note (brown ink) supplying the title, author, and date of copying. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.Extent: ff. 468.Hand: Small, but distinct Nastaʻlīq.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in India. Paper; coarse light brown laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with section headings in red; marginal notations; minor worm damage throughout; catchwords on rectos. Nastaʻliq; 19 lines in written area 19 x 9.5 cm. Fol. 1b-184a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M17. Sewn together but lacks binding. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Explicit/Colophon: تمام شود كتاب سكندرنامه من بصنيف مولوى نظامى.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Persian. Title from folio 3a. Pagination: 6 blank leaves; 1st work: fol. 1b-168a (15 lines); 3 blank leaves; 2nd work: fol. 172b-175a (12 lines) Autograph copy. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Paper: yellowish, cream color paper with visible watermark; black ink with rubrication and overlining in red; catchwords. Naskh; First work: 15 lines in written area 12.5 x 6.5 cm.; Second work: 12 lines in written area 12 x 6 cm. 6 blank leaves; fol. 1b-168a (1st work); 3 blank leaves; fol. 172b-175a (2nd work) Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: flexible red leather binding with embossed frame lines.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from unwan. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in Iran or India. Paper: cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan and gold highlighting between lines of text on first two leaves; black ink with red section titles; blue and gold borders; few marginal corrections and additions; catchwords on rectos. Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 10.5 x 5.5 cm. Folios 1b-129a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M57. Contemporary dark brown leather binding; exterior is elaborately embossed, interior embossed with gold and blue medallions in center and at corners. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Chagatai; some Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Probably written in Iran; possibly between Tabriz and Shiraz. Paper; cream color laid paper; opening page (detached) has unwan in blue and gold; text enclosed in ruled border of blue and gold; pages divided into two columns separating the text, each framed with a blue and gold border; black ink. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines. Library of Congress. Turkic manuscript, M33. Binding; binding is dark brown leather with originally gold, now bronze color embossed medallions; front cover and opening pages completely detached; inside covers also brown leather decorated with blue medallions; end papers have grafitti. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldA Persian translation of part of Alf laylah wa-laylah.Extent: ff. 583.Hand: Nastaʻlīq.
Short versified description of calligraphers of Bukhoro (Uzbekistan). Taz̲kirat al-khaṭṭāṭīn (Memorial of calligraphers) is a book of verse in the mathnawi form. This type of poetry is based on a scheme of individually rhyming couplets and is used in many important works of Persian literature. The author, Muhammad Idris Khvajah Raji Bukhari (died 1919 or 1920), was a literary figure in the fabled city of Bukhara (in present-day Uzbekistan), capital of the Emirate of Bukhara. As the title of the book suggests, the work belongs to the tazkira (memorial) genre, and Raji Bukhari includes in it the names of the Bukharan calligraphers of his day and short accounts of their life and work. These miniature biographical sketches are preceded by an extended and whimsical description of the art of calligraphy itself, and of the various proportions and shapes of the Persian alphabet. Raji Bukhari concludes his work with a list of short references to various branches of knowledge, including logic and grammar. The manuscript, in a nastaʻliq script, was copied in 1908-9, possibly in Afghanistan. The scribe, Katib Kuchak Bukhari, notes that he based his text on the divan (or collected works) of Raji Bukhari. Bukhara came under the control of the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century. In 1920, following the Russian Revolution of 1917, it was declared the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. It subsequently became part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. World Digital Library.