Abstract: Two texts on astrology and astronomy by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.Binding note: Limp dark brown leather with blind-stamped fillets; water damaged.Contents: "1. fol. 3a-53a: Sharḥ-i S̲amarah-i Baṭlamyūs. Persian translation of and commentary on an Arabic version of Ptolemy's CentiloquiumContents: a collection of a hundred aphorisms on astrology. With original Arabic text; missing first page."Contents: "2. fol. 54a-130a: Risālah-i Muʻīnīyah dar ʻilm-i hayʾat. Manual of astronomy dedicated to Muʻīn al-Dīn Abū al-ShamsContents: son of the author's patron Nāṣir al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Abī Manṣūr (governor of Quhistan). Missing first page; with numerous diagrams."Ms. composite codex.Title of first text from fol. 1a, by a later hand; title of second text from fol. 54a.On front cover: Label reading "284" in Arabic script.Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on first flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.Physical description: 15-16 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq by two different hands in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp staining; edges somewhat ragged.Origin: First text completed Ramaḍān 935 H May-June 1529 by Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Ḥasanī (fol. 53a). Second text completed on Wednesday, 7 Rabīʻ II 681 H 15 July 1282 (fol. 130a).
Title supplied by cataloger.Written in one column, 10 lines per page, in black with portions overlined in red.Probably from 16th century.A note dated 1193 AH 1779 AD on rear fly 2. Death date of one ʻUlwī (or ʻAlawī) noted as 993 AH 1585 AD on f. 149v.MS Turk 58. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
ساختمان پلاسکو یکی از اولین برج های تجاری تهران بود که در ضلع شرقی چهارراه استانبول قرار داشت. این ساختمان در سال ۱۳۳۹ ساخته شد توسط حبیب الله القانیان ساخته شد و پس از انقلاب مالکیت آن، با اعدام و مصادره ی اموال القانیان، به بنیاد مستضعفان منتقل گردید. ساختمان پلاسکو پس از ۵۶ سال در روز پنجشنبه ۳۰ دی ۱۳۹۵ بر اثر آتشسوزی فرو ریخت.
According to the colophon (f. 76r), written on 5 Shawwāl 860 AH September 5, 1456 AD. There is a note in a later hand that says, "Hādhā al-kitāb bi-khaṭṭ al-muʼallif" (f. 75r).The author dedicated the book to the Timurid ruler of Herat Abū al-Qāsim Bābur Bahādur Khān (d. 861 AH 1456 or 57 AD) (f. 3v).Written in one column, 15 lines per page, in black and red.Bound in black leather ; leaves are now loose and separated from the binding.Seals of Quṭb al-Dīn ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad and Karīm Qulī (dated 1195 AH 1780 or 81 AD) (f. 1r). A few other seals cannot be read. Ownership statements by Karīm Qulī (dated 1198 AH 1783 or 84 AD, A.G. Ellis (f. 1r) and Quṭb al-Dīn ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad ibn Shāh Muḥammad Qāyinī (?) (f. 75r). Another ownership statement is dated 27 Ṣafar 1150 AH Dec. 20, 1737 AD.MS Persian 33. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Dāstān-i Pīltan va-Pīlkan (ff. 4b-69a). Dāstān-i Fīrūz Shāh (ff. 69b-84a). Dāstān-i Rashk-i Khusravānī (ff. 84b-114a). Dāstān-i Dukhtar-i saʻlūk-i Pādishāh-i Zangbār (ff. 114b-171a).Decoration: 10 miniatures. Decorative borders etc.Dimensions: 12⅛ × 7½ in.Hand: Clear and distinct Nastaʻlīq.Record 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.Folktales.
Abstract: Lavishly illuminated copy of the Shāhnāmah, containing 45 high quality full-page miniatures and three double-page compositions of the Shīrāz school dated 998 H 1589 or 90. Likely produced in Shīrāz for the Safavid royal family. Bequeathed to the Princeton University Library in 1983 by Clara S. Peck, sister of Fremont C. Peck, Class of 1920.Binding note: Binding is red moroccan leather inlaid with blue and green bands and stamped in gold with floral and geometric designs. Doublures and end leaves are leather borders similar to the covers but with centers of white satin. Silk endbands in alternating stripes of blue, white and red. Violet silk bookmark with gold tassel.Ms. codex.Text begins on fol. 12b.Includes 51 miniatures; handlist of their description by Louise Marlow on file.Physical description: 29 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq on glazed paper. Volume measures 47.6 x 33.5 cm; written surface, 30 x 16.5 cm. Catchwords; some marginal notations. Some leaves have been repaired at edges. In excellent condition.Decoration: Text framed in silver, red, gold, black and orange; columns separated by gold bands containing floral pattern. Text on gilt is in white; some marginal notes in red. Illuminated caption bands throughout text. Title page, following page and first page of text are elaborately illuminated. 51 miniatures by an artist of the Shīrāz school illustrate famous events of the epic. Six of these appear on opposing pages at the beginning, middle (222b-223a) and end. The margins are illuminated with gilt floral and animal motifs.Origin: Copied by Qiwām ibn Muḥammad Shīrāzī in 998 H 1589 or 90 (fol. 474a); likely produced in Shīrāz.
Abstract: Elegant illuminated copy of the Shāhnāmah, without introduction, illustrated with 36 high-quality Indian miniatures.Binding note: Binding repaired; original covers are maroon leather with panel stamp and stamped borders painted gold and blue. Doublures, now detached, are brown leather with gold-stamped central mandorla with pendants.Contents: "Miniatures: fol. 4b: Kayumars instructs son to destroy divs -- fol. 8a: Jamshid halved before Zahhak -- fol. 19a: Iraj with brothers TurContents: Sakila just before murder -- fol. 41b: Rustam's birth -- fol. 43a: Rustam slays White Elephant -- fol. 52a: Rustam catches Rakhsh -- fol. 59b: Rustam slays dragon -- fol. 62a: Rustam slays White Div -- fol. 84a: Rustam mourns Suhrab -- fol. 92a: Fire ordeal: Siyavash -- fol. 110b: Siyavash taken prisoner -- fol. 112a: Guruy executes Siyavash -- fol. 162a: Rustam slays AshkabusContents: horse -- fol. 171a: Rustam pulls Khaqan of China from elephant by lasso -- fol. 179b: Akvan Div flings Rustam into sea -- fol. 192b: Rustam rescues Bizhan from pit -- fol. 194b: Rustam fights Afrasiyab -- fol. 224a: Battle scene -- fol. 229a: Battle scene."Contents: "fol. 232b: Battle scene -- fol. 243b: Battle scene -- fol. 274b: Kay Khusraw slays Afrasiyab while Garsivaz looks on -- fol. 308b: Isfandiyar's first exploit: Fights wolves -- fol. 309b: Isfandiyar's third exploit: Battles dragon --fol. 310b: Isfandiyar's fifth exploit: Kills Simah Barzin -- fol. 321a: Bahram Gur hunts lions -- fol. 323a: Bahram Gur kills dragon which devoured youth -- fol. 331a: Bahram Gur kills wolf -- fol. 354b: Shapur cuts off noseContents: ears of King Rum -- fol. 361b: Sea monster kills Yazdigird -- fol. 387a: Rustam shoots double-pointed arrow in Isfandiyar eyes -- fol. 392a: Rustam slays Shaghad then dies -- fol. 404b: Sikandar attends dying Dara -- fol. 415a: Sikandar before Qaydafah who holds portrait -- fol. 420b: SikandarContents: Khidr seek fountain of life -- fol 421b: Sikandar encounters Israfil -- fol. 443a: Kasra Anushirvan enthroned."Ms. codex.Title from fol. 567b.Physical description: 25 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings in red; catchwords. Text framed in blue, gold, and red with outer marginal border in gold. Occasional staining and smudging; some paper repairs, particularly to reinforce miniatures. Some corrosion of paper due to verdirgris used in borders. Fol. 258-259 bound in reverse order; fol. 307 should be bound after fol. 310. Otherwise in excellent condition.Decoration: On fol. 1b-2a, 277b-278a (beginning of book 3), 442b-443a (beginning of book 4), lavishly illuminated ʻunwāns and borders, primarily in gold and blue, with text set within clouds on gold ground. With 36 high-quality Indian miniatures.Origin: Copy completed 1065 H 1654 or 5 (fol. 569a).