[گلستان]

Manuscript..

Persian..

Title determined by comparison with editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān..

Written by ʻAbd al-Bārī Muḥammad Maḥmūd Lārī..

Probably written in Iran..

Date from colophon written in pencil in a later hand..

Paper: cream colored lighly polished laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; unwan in gold, blue, red, white and green; text enclosed blue and gold ruled border; black ink with rubrication; some marginal corrections; catchwords on rectos..

Nastaʻliq; 11 lines in written area 11.5 x 5.7 cm..

Fol. 1b-160a..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M83..

Contemporary dark brown leather envelope binding with elaborate gold embossed design covering most of the front and back covers and flap..