Saint Louis University, VFL MS 054

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10057

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 054

Title:

Khusraw and Shirin

Author:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203

Nizami Ganjavi WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran

Iran TGN

Date:

ca. 19--

twentieth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : paper, ill. ; 340 x 208 mm.

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title from information supplied by Robert Hillenbrand and Carole Hillenbrand.
Layout: Written in 31 lines in four columns, ruled in red and framed in black outline.
Script: Shikasteh in black ink; script identified by Robert Hillenbrand.
Decoration: On recto, two large miniatures of reception scenes, in imitation of Safavid painting.
Origin: Written in Iran in the 20th century.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 054.
Undocumented.

Keyword:

detached leaves

calligraphy (visual works)

Arabic scripts

poetry

manuscripts (documents)

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203

Shīrīn (Legendary character)

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3600227

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS054_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University