Sa'di :Gulistan

Sa'di :Gulistan
Date
1059 [1649]
By
Simpson, Edward Cyril, 1894-1979
Reference
MSR-37
Description

Year follows Islamic lunar calendar.

Gold sprinkled black and red text in nasta'liq script. Title and first leaf finely illuminated in gold and colour. Raman spectroscopy carried out in August 2011 revealed the following pigments on f.1: white lead, red lead, lazurite, vermilion, orpiment, carbon black, and an unidentified green pigment.

Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Finding Aids: For more information, see detailed record on the National Library Catalogue.

Provenance: "Commissioned (sponsored) by the Honourable Sobhan -- May God blessings be forthcoming year 1059 Hijri Qamari (1649 CE). Written by the humble Pir Mohammed Ibn Sheikh Jalal Qanouji Quraishi Al-Seddiqi"--Translated colophon.

Provenance: printed slip from bookseller's catalogue tipped onto pastedown; bookplate: "Ex Libris E.C. Simpson" ; marginal pencil notes in English and Farsi.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 volume(s), Illuminated manuscripts, Binding: Persian binding, brown goatskin with inlaid decorations, rebound and rebacked in calf with portions of original covers laid on, spine blind tooled.
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