Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī.

فرخ نامه جمالی

Description

Main Author

Jamālī Yazdī, Abū Bakr Muṭahhar, active 1185

Related Names

Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942, former owner.
'Alī Ramaḍān Valī Quṭb al-Dīn 'Alī mash'hūr bi Naqīb Arbāb Ṭarīq-i Fārs 899 [1493], transcriber

Language(s)

Persian

Published

Rab. II 597 [1201]

Subjects

One hundred great books of Islamic civilization. > One hundred great books of Islamic civilization. / Natural sciences.
One hundred great books of Islamic civilization. > One hundred great books of Islamic civilization. / Natural sciences.
Zoology.
Natural history.
Medicine.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Insects.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.
Herbs
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Botany.
Birds.
Biology.
Astronomy.
Astrology.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian > Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian / Specimens.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Persian > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Persian / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Medicine > Medicine / Early works to 1800.
Herbs > Herbs / Early works to 1800.
Botany > Botany / Early works to 1800.
Insects > Insects / Early works to 1800.
Birds > Birds / Early works to 1800.
Biology > Biology / Early works to 1800.
Zoology > Zoology / Early works to 1800.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > Encyclopedias and dictionaries / To 1600.
Natural history > Natural history / Pre-Linnean works.
Astrology > Astrology / Early works to 1800.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Specimens.
Early works.
Rare Material, 15th Century.

Summary

A compendium of natural history.

Note

The text includes two complementary tables listing the herbs and natural elements (ff142b,143b), additional notes, poems, and explanatory comments, which are added in the last 4 pages.
Some pages are damaged and remargined in some places.
The work deals with natural history describing plants, animals, herbs and herbal medicine accompanied by numerous paintings and illustrations.
Text ends with Qamar from maqālah 16.
Includes numerous colorful paintings of birds, plants and mammals, some marginal notes and corrections on the glosses.
Oriental paper; clear Naskh script ; rubrications; catch words, 27 lines per page.
First note on the reason for the composition of the book followed by prayer and a table of contents (f.71a)
Includes 16 maqālahs.
Title from page 3, date of copy from the last page.
Manuscript.
Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201].
Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Three titles bound together subsequent to production: Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī (ff.1b-62a). Rab. I 807 [1404]. -- Risālah-i Takmīlī bar Nuzhat-nāmah-yi ʻAlāʼī. [between 1404 and 1504]. -- Farrukh-nāmah-i Jamālī. Rab. II 597 [1201].
Presented to the library by Casey Wood in 1926.

Physical Description

6, 146 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 38 x 26 cm

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