Abstract: Collection of poems in Persian.Binding note: Upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap made of red leather over paper pasteboard. The upper and lower covers are similarly tooled and gold painted, with a central mandorla linked to the outer frame by an horizontal and a vertical fillet, and gold painted corner pieces. The envelope flap has a similar decoration. The doublure of the upper and lower covers has a tooled and painted decoration with a central mandorla and corner pieces in orange, green and gold. The doublure of the envelope flap has a similar decoration.Ms. codex.Title from the illuminated opening (fol. 1b).12 lines per page, in two columns with central headpieces, written in nastaʻlīq using black ink. Gold, black and blue fillets form the outer frame; a single red fillet divides the columns. Thin dark cream paper with laid lines visible. On fol. 1b: illuminated headpiece. On fol. i(a): label with mention in Arabic "raqm 309" ; inscription in Arabic script "Sayyid ʻAlī Kitāb al-miʻrāj".Copied in Muḥarram 980 or 1098 by Yādkār(?) ibn Muḥammad ibn Niẓām (colophon, fol. 254a).Collation: Paper ; fol. i (endpaper, with inscription and labels) + 254 + i (endpaper).Incipit: از پدهنت بوىى آمد بگلستانها کردند پر از نكهت گلها همه دامانها با رشته همه چاکى شد دوخته وين طرفه كز رشته زلف تست اين چاک گريبانهاExplicit: خال در ملک جمالش نه مکست از سر زلف كاندرين ملک چو طاوس نگارست مکس
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Carpet page, miniatures, borders. Map drawn on lower flyleaf.Hand: 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.
Binding: Lacquered boards with floral decoration.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Miniatures, borders, unwan.Hand: Very clear and beautiful 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.
Contents: عبد الرحمان جامى , رسالۀ موسيقى (fols. 1b–8b). قطب الدين الشيرازي، محمود بن مسعود, درّة التاج لغرّة الدبّاج (fols. 9b-44a).Contents note: Extensive marginal collation notes and annotations in pencil and pen by Rauf Yekta Bey.Hand: Taʻlīq. Notes and annotations in common ruqʻah style script by Rauf Yekta Bey.Layout: One column of 29-33 lines per page.Record origin: "Description based on the catalogue record in Fihrist (2023). Fihrist record created with reference to booksellers' listings."
Abstract: The Zīj, or tables of astronomical calculations,produced by Ulugh Beg (1394-1449). This copy lacks the introduction and explanatory material and contains only the tables themselves.Folio 68r contains a diagram apparently unrelated to the texts before or after it.Physical description: ff 68v-135v