ديوان حافظ

Manuscript..

Persian..

Title page lacking, title from bottom edge..

Name of scribe not indicated..

Probably copied in Iran..

Paper: cream color laid paper of varying thickness; no visible chain lines; black ink with no rubrication; numerous interlinear and marginal corrections and additions; text enclosed in a blue and gold border; sections divided by gold lines; section headings in either blue or gold ink; no catchwords..

Nastaʻliq; 13-14 lines in two columns in written area 15 x 8 cm..

Folios 1a-152a..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [number]..

Contemporary envelope binding in dark brown leather with deeply embossed medallion in center and corner decoration, similar decorations on envelope flap..

The poems of Ḥafiẓ..