COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL240401093
Reference Number:
Persian MS 240
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Binding of manuscript
Parent Work Title:
Ṣerḥ-i Būstān
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Sharḥ-i Būstān
Creator:
Muṣṭafà Şem‘ī, d. ca. 1602
Creator Role:
Author
Creator Role:
Commentator
Creator:
İbrāhīm bin Velī
Creator Role:
Scribe
Page/Sheet:
Spine
Description:
Author Şem‘ī Şemullah (d. ca. 1602) composed this Ottoman Turkish prose interpretive commentary on the Persian Būstān (Fragrant Orchard), of Saʻdī. Completed by Ibrahīm bin Velī on Friday, end of Muḥarram 994 AH (17 Jan 1586 CE), it would appear to be one of the earliest-known extant copies to survive. British linguist Sir William Jones (1746–1794) possibly compied the volume while a student.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Item Height:
190 mm
Item Width:
155 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Provenance:
Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
Provenance:
Cochrane, John George, 1781-1852, former owner
Provenance:
Jones, Anna Maria 1748-1829, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2024-04-15
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2024-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Binding of manuscript
