Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Possibly written in northern Iran. Paper: tan colored glazed laid paper with horizontal chain line and obscured armorial watermark, and countermark G M ; black ink in cursive Nastaʻliq; catchwords; lacuna from Folio 1-26 caused by insect or rodent damage, with some loss of text. Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area 17 x 9 cm. Folio 1b-65b; 66a notes in Persian and Armenian. With: Badīʻī Tabrīzī. Hāz̲ā kitāb-i Mus̲allas̲ah. [May 1867]. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M307a. Binding: medium brown leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1b. Pagination: 1st work: fol. 1b-26a (14 lines); 2nd work: fol. 27b-43a. (15 lines) First work written by ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Shīrāzī; scribe of second work not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. First work written in al-Ṭihrān [Tehran], Iran; second work written in Iran, city not identified. Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink, with rubrication and some overlining in red; some pages folded over; catchwords. First work: Cursive Naskh; 14 lines in written area 16 x 9 cm.; second work: Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 16.5 x 9.5 cm. First work: Cursive Naskh; second work: Nastaʻliq. Astronomical drawings throughout in red and black. Folio 1b-26a; Folio 27b-43a. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M305. Binding: blue grain over cardboard sides, dark blue cloth spine.
Manuscript. Persian. Scribe not indicated. Written in Iran. Paper; fine, beige paper; manuscript opens with a pair of gorgeous illuminated opening pages, separated by tissue; black ink; extremely fine black script, each line of script on these two pages is separated with a gold background painted with a floral motif; text enclpsed in a thin deep-blue ruled border decorated with tiny white 'crosses' surrounds the text on these two opening pages; the script in the rest of the manuscript is arranged in two columns, crossed with horizontal bands with titles in blue or gold script in clouds against peach-colored cartouches. Modified artistic nastaʻliq; a different type of nastaʻliq script with many curved lines placed horizontally above the lettering at the left of the words. There are beautiful miniature paintings of court scenes on a pair of opening pages; each has a pool with ducks (left) or geese (right) in the courtyard; the scenes are so delicately painted that the artist must have used brushes with single hairs; the bottom of the last page has a delicate gold and floral painting. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M089. Binding; dark brown, embossed leather, the recesses filled with gold leaf on covers and on "flap'; envelope binding; inside covers are in brown leather with blue medallions and blue corners decorated in gold. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Scribe not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink, with rubrication and overlining in red; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 13 x 6 cm. 1b-104a. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M306. Binding: brown leather frame and spine with embossed edges and red center panel.
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title on fol. 1b. Scribe not indicated. Gift of Amir Jafar and Parvindokt Hasheminejad, donated by their son, Mehdi Hasheminejad, item belonged to Amir Jafar Hasheminejad's collection and originated from Qajar era minister, Mehdi Lahooti, Badaye Negar's holdings. May 31, 2019. Written in Iran. Paper; cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords. Nastaʻlīq; 17 lines in written area 16.5 x 11.5 cm. 8 blank pages; fol. 1b-95a; 28 blank pages. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding; supple brown leather.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon; each Gospel has separate caption title in red ink. Scribe not identified. Place of writing not determined; perhaps Iran. Paper; cream color, commercial laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 25.5 x 16 cm. Fol. 1b-128a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M103. Nineteenth century brown half leather binding with dark brown grain sides; commercial marbled pastedowns and marbled edging; binding separated from text block. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Persian. Title based on comparison with other copies. Scribe not identified. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in Iran? Paper: yellowish, polished cream color laid paper with vertical chain line and no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords. Folio 59 on modern paper, with inscription in purple ink, dated 29/9/1332 [December 1, 1953]. Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 11 x 7 cm. Folio 1a-131b (incomplete). Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: Modern cardboard with gray stone motif.
Manuscript. Persian. Caption title on fol. 1a. Written by ʻAbbāsʻalī [illegible]. Gift of Amir Jafar and Parvindokt Hasheminejad, donated by their son, Mehdi Hasheminejad, item belonged to Amir Jafar Hasheminejad's collection and originated from Qajar era minister, Mehdi Lahooti, Badaye Negar's holdings. May 31, 2019. Written in Iran. Paper; coarse, unpolished, light greyish tan color commercial paper; black ink; catchwords. Nastaʻlīq; 10 lines in written area 13.5 x 6 cm. Fol. 1b-51a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding; thin brown leather over cardboard; leather lacking on spine. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Manuscript. Persian; first 67 leaves have Turkish translation and there is a brief poem in Ottoman Turkish at end. Title based on comparison with printed editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān. Name of scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran. Paper; cream color lightly polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; manuscript is incomplete lacking an unknown number of leaves at the beginning; leaves 1a-67b have interlinear Turkish translation and extensive marginal notes; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area Fol. 1a-134a, 2 leaves. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript. Contemporary brown leather binding with embossed center medallions.
Manuscript. Persian Title from fol. 2a. Scribe not identified. Written in Iran? Paper; unpolished cream color paper with not visible watermarks; text of fol. 1b-3a enclosed in ruled border of blue and gold, rest of manuscript is without borders; black ink with rubrication and red overlining; numerous notes, corrections, etc. written on squares of very thin blue paper and pasted over parts of the text; catchwords. Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 337 Nastaʻliq; 37 lines in written area 30.5 x 14 cm. Fol. 1b-348b (incomplete). Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M95. Disbound; originally bound at top edge. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
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.