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Illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Chapter 1, substantial parts of Chapters 2-4, and parts of Chapter 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners. The manuscript seems never to have been bound.
Support: paper; Extent: 172 leaves : 400 x 260 mm; Foliation: Paper, 172 leaves; [i, 1-35, 37, i, 38-116, i-ii, 117-217, i, 218-234, 237-240, 243-244, 247-266, 269-276, 280-303, 308-327, 330-335, 335-336, 336-338, 340, 340-355]; modern foliation in pencil, usually in the lower margin.
Written in up to 15 long lines (text block varies to accommodate illustrations); ruled in drypoint.
Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Deccan, India
Written in Deccan, India (attributed by Simon Digby, linguist and historian of India), in Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (September 1595).
Persian
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, November 1998.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Deccan, India
Written in Deccan, India (attributed by Simon Digby, linguist and historian of India), in Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (September 1595).
Persian
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Chapter 1, substantial parts of Chapters 2-4, and parts of Chapter 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners. The manuscript seems never to have been bound.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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