Kitāb-i Rūmī al-Mawlawī
- Holding institution:
- Library of Congress
- Data provider:
- Library of Congress
- Title:
- Kitāb-i Rūmī al-Mawlawī
- Date:
- 1498
- Description:
- Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Copied by ʻAlī ibn Ḥaydar al-Qāsimī. Probably written in Turkey. Paper; thin cream color lightly polished laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan and first 3 leaves with decordations in blue and gold; text in 3 columns with text of Masnavi in 2 columns and a commentary written diagonally in the third; text enclosed in narrow ruled border of blue and gold; some rubrication; catchwords on rectos. Rypka, Jan. History of Iranian literature, p. 241 Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum, v. 2, p. 585-586 Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 15 x 8 cm. Fol. 1b-551a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M72. Elaborate contemporary brown leather binding with gold medallions in center and corners and a gold tooled border; more recently re-backed. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type:
- manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- washington (d.c.)
turkey - Geographic region:
- turkey
- Format:
- manuscript/mixed material