Persian Manuscripts : Two Persian texts on musicology, the second illustrated.
Persian Manuscripts
<p style='text-align: justify;'> Two texts on musicology bound together: <i>Shams al-Aṣvāt</i> (Sun of Songs, albeit here entitled <i>Dar ‘Ilm-i Musīqī</i>, On Musicology), and <i>Ḥayy al-Arvāḥ</i> (Life of the Souls) by amateur musician Mīyān Zīyā al-Dīn, pen-named 'īyā', with various instruments drawn in the margins. </p>