Description of Columbia University. X892.8 Sa17: Gulistān Columbia University. These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Sa17: Gulistān are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Sa17: Gulistān. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Sa17 14258997 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1112158994 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/X892_8_Sa17.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14258997 Copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān, missing the last leaf. Persian Gulistān [گلستان] Saʻdī سعدى former owner Beijan, A., active 1921 former owner Jackson, A. V. Williams 1862-1937 [1] [Gulistān]

non-European laid paper

 225 numbered pages : 202 x 131 (155 x 88) mm, bound to 206 x 137 x 22 mm 15 lines in long lines and two columns. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Polychrome and gold headpiece (f. 1v), textblock border-ruled in gold and blue; rubricatons in red; columns and some lines ruled in gold. Inscription Illuminated headpiece

Bound in plain black leather with blind ruled frame.

Item is undated, probably produced in the 17th or 18th century.

17-- or 18-- Iran? Given by Mrs. A. V. W. Jackson in December 1937 (library plate, inside front cover). Gift from A. Beijan to A. V. W. Jackson in 1921 (inscription, flyleaf 1 recto at front of book). Persian literature--747-1500 Persian poetry--747-1500 Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Illuminations (painting) Annotations (Provenance)