Bustān-i Saʻdī
- Holding institution:
- Library of Congress
- Data provider:
- Library of Congress
- Title:
- Bustān-i Saʻdī
- Date:
- 1798
- Description:
- Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 1a. Scribe not identified. Possibly written in India. Date on fol. 1a; manuscript may be older. Paper; medium cream color paper with no visible watermarks; fol. 1b has floral unwan in gold, blue, red and white contains the Basmalah; text block enclosed in ruled border of one thin blue and one wide gold line; text itself is set off by single gold line on either side; hemistichs and sections are also separated by a thin gold line; black ink, section titles in red; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 19 lines in written area 16.5 x 6.3 cm. Fol. 1b-114a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M76. Binding is tan paper over boards with black cloth spine and corners. 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.)
manuscripts, persian - Geographic region:
- india
- Format:
- manuscript/mixed material