A copy of the Gulistān and Būstān of Shaykh Saʻdī.
MS. Laud Or. 241
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World
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Title
A copy of the Gulistān and Būstān of Shaykh Saʻdī.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 241
Language
Persian
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 163
Hands
NastaʻlīqMullā Muḥammad ibn ʻAzīz Aḥmadābādī
Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, between 1635-41.
Provenance
The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645 .
Subject
Persian poetry--747-1500
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Title
Gulistân and Bûstân
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 241
Summary
(703) Another copy of Sa'dî's Gulistân, 21st Janury 1630 (fols. 1-155), illuminated frontispiece.
(732) Another copy of Sa'dî's Bûstân, 1575/1576 (155b-163), richly illuminated throughout.
Date
1575/1576, 1630
Language
Persian
Physical extent
163 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2375 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Gulistân and Bûstân
