Harvard University, MS Typ 1016

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DS ID:

DS10674

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 1016

Title:

Kitāb-i ashʻār-i malik al-shuʻārāʼ Amīr Muʻizzī

Author:

Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, 1048 or 1049- / معزي، امير عبد الله محمد، 1048 or 1049-

Mu'izzi WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Ardabīlī, Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad / اردبيلي، محمد بن يحيى بن احمد،

Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad Ardabīlī WIKIDATA

Date:

1156.

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v. (60 leaves) ; 26 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

Philip Hofer WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from f. 1r.
According to colophon (f. 60v), copy completed in Tabrīz in Rajab 551 AH [August 1156 AD] in the hand of Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá ibn Aḥmad al-Ardabīlī.
Written in two columns, from 16 to 18 lines per page, in black ink. Each column framed within double golden or grey now faded lines.
There is numerous aniconic headpieces in colors and gold and 16 miniatures.
On inside back cover: "Purchased for Philip Hofer in Tehran as an example of 12th century illumination and presented as such to the Harvard College Library. Subsequently doubts arose as to its authenticity and it was submitted to experts for examination."
Persian poems.
Formerly owned by Philip Hofer.

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990114646310203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:11328619

Holding Institution:

Harvard University