مخزن الاسرار ؛ خلاصة الخمسه

Manuscript..

Persian..

Each work has separate title ; title of first work fol. 1b; title for second work, fol. 82a..

Each section has different date: Makhzan al-asrār dated 28 Rajab 954 [9 September 1547]; second section dated 4 Shaʻbān 954 [19 September 1547]..

Name of scribe not indicated..

Probably written in Iran or India..

Paper: thick, cream color Oriental paper; text in columns in black ink with section headings and some marginal notes in red ink; second work has some section headings in gold ink ; text is surrounded by many marginal notes; no catchwords..

Pasted label on page 2 of cover: "(1) Makhzan-al-asrār. (2) Ṣubḥat-al-asrār. (3) K̲h̲ulāṣat-al-khamsa. by Niẓāmī 945/1547. 22.3 c. 29.3 cms. 14 lines per page. 2 columns. Nastaʻlīḳ. Marginal notes.".

Nastaʻlīq; 14 lines in written area 10.5 x 6 cm..

Folios 1b-121a..

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

Binding in dark blue leather with embossed diamond pattern front and back..

Contains the Makhzan al-asrār and a collection called "Khulāṣat al-khamsah", which is made up of selections from the Khamsah, Haft Paykar, Iskandarnāmah, and Khusraw va Shīrīn..