Details

Standardized Title:

Tīmūrnāmah
تىمورنامه

Other Title:

Title inscription of former owner: Tīmur-nāmah
Tīmūrʹnāmah.
Ẓafarnāmah.
تىمور نامه.
ظفرنامه.

Subjects:

Timur, 1336-1405.
Timur, 1336-1405 -- Poetry.
Persian poetry -- 747-1500.
Persian poetry.

Form/Genre:

Poetry.
Manuscripts, Persian.
Manuscripts, 16th century.
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)

Language:

Persian.

Summary:

Persian account of the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, also known by the title Ẓafarnāmah. Marginal inscription above the illuminated headpiece is the opening of the basmalah.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Collation: Paper, ii + 134 + i leaves; no foliation or visible sewing. Catch phrase on each leaf, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 14 lines.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (f. 1v); headings in red ink decorated with gold and blue; borders of written area outlined in blue, gold, and red throughout.
Binding: Red leather, gilt-tooled (Type III); earlier covers on repaired binding.
Origin: Completed 20 Ramadan 989 (18 October 1581, colophon, f. 134r).
Numerous repairs to leaf edges and holes in margins.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside left cover), possibly his number 385 (label inside left cover).
Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.

Contributor:

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner, donor.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

OCLC:

961923515