Kitāb-i Manṭiq al-ṭayr,
[16th century?].
كتاب منطق الطير, [قرن 16م؟].
Description
- Language(s)
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Persian
- Published
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[15--?]
- Summary
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Masnavī (long poem in rhymed couplets) completed in 1177; narrates the allegorical tale of a mystical journey of thirty birds. Narrative frame of this mystical journey is broken into numerous anecdotes which the various birds recount along the way.
- Note
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Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.344, copied by ʻĀrif Jadval-kash [?] ( كاتب العبد عارف جدول کش ) with date of transcription unspecified ; perhaps late 15th or 16th century.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 290
Binding: Leather bound codex with intricate tooling on upper and lower covers as well as envelope flap; some floral and designs around borders; central medalion features a male and female gazelle. Doublures contain leather filigree with remnants of green and gold paint.
Decoration: Opening page is ornamented with gold and blue paint; following pages bordered with gold and blue paint; chapter titles written in blue and red ink.
Script: Text written in nastaʻlīq.
Title from illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening.
Ms. codex.
- Physical Description
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1 v. ([374 p.]) :
paper ;
22.5 cm
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