Admonition to the Heedless: An expletive manuscript note (apparently by a furious and foulmouthed novice)
This note appears on the last blank page of a manuscript volume. These blank pages in Islamic manuscripts, found at the beginning or end of the volumes, are often filled with pieces of poetry, no-context records of children’s birth or death dates, dates of earthquakes and other major events, etc. While it can be very […]
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