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[Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish]; [کتاب حشايش]

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36w9694p
Title: [Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish], [کتاب حشايش]
Alt Title: Ḥashāyish, Ḥashāʼish
Name: Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos
Date: 1600
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Pictorial works, Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, 17th century, codices (bound manuscripts), herbals (reference sources), watercolors (paintings), Illustrated works, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Bifolia and folia from a disbound illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete and the leaves are not in order, and have been paginated out of order: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Discourse 1, substantial parts of Discourses 2-4, and parts of Discourse 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners.
Extent: 172 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 400 x 260 mm
Language: Persian
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Pagination: Paper, 172 leaves; [i, 1-35, 37, i, 38-116, i-ii, 117-217, i, 218-234, 237-240, 243-244, 247-266, 269-276, 280-303, 308-327, 330-335, 335-336, 336-338, 340, 340-355]; modern foliation in pencil, usually in the lower margin., Layout: Written in up to 15 long lines (text block varies to accommodate illustrations); ruled in drypoint., Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed., Decoration: 315 illustrations of 550 plants and several animals in opaque watercolor and ink, some incomplete with only ink outlines or early layers of color; rubrication and occasional text words in red ink (some rubrication lacking); text block outlined in faint black and red ink., Origin: Possibly written in Iran in the 17th century (the colophon of a possibly related manuscript has an unclear date, Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (1595) or AH 1054 (1645), though the later date is more likely)., A partial reconstruction of the original order of the leaves, compiled by Marianna Shreve Simpson, is available in the library., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Persian.
Relation: Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs278.html, The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2025262, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36w9694p
Subject: Botany, Materia medica -- Early works to 1800, Materia medica, Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800, Botany, Medical, Botany -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800, Medicine, Greek and Roman
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 278
Provenance: Formerly owned by British scholar, translator, and collector Simon Digby (1932-2010)., Offered for sale at David Carritt Limited (London) in the Artemis Group exhibition Indian painting 1525-1825, 1 April-30 April 1982, no. 17., Sold by Simon Digby to Sam Fogg Ltd. (Sam Fogg)., Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, November 1998., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016., Digby, Simon, former owner., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9949183233503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p36w9694p/manifest

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Metadata

DS ID:: DS111
Shelfmark:: LJS 278
Title:: Kitāb-i Ḥashāyish / کتاب حشايش

De materia medica
Author:: Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos / ديسقوريدس. of Anazarbos

Pedanius Dioscorides WIKIDATA
Place:: Iran?

Iran TGN
Date:: 17th century?

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Persian

Persian WIKIDATA
Material:: paper, illustrations

Paper AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 172 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 400 x 260 mm
Former Owner(s):: Digby, Simon

Simon Digby WIKIDATA
Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Paper, 172 leaves; [i, 1-35, 37, i, 38-116, i-ii, 117-217, i, 218-234, 237-240, 243-244, 247-266, 269-276, 280-303, 308-327, 330-335, 335-336, 336-338, 340, 340-355]; modern foliation in pencil, usually in the lower margin.
Layout: Written in up to 15 long lines (text block varies to accommodate illustrations); ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: 315 illustrations of 550 plants and several animals in opaque watercolor and ink, some incomplete with only ink outlines or early layers of color; rubrication and occasional text words in red ink (some rubrication lacking); text block outlined in faint black and red ink.
Origin: Possibly written in Iran in the 17th century (the colophon of a possibly related manuscript has an unclear date, Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (1595) or AH 1054 (1645), though the later date is more likely).
A partial reconstruction of the original order of the leaves, compiled by Marianna Shreve Simpson, is available in the library.
Formerly owned by British scholar, translator, and collector Simon Digby (1932-2010).
Offered for sale at David Carritt Limited (London) in the Artemis Group exhibition Indian painting 1525-1825, 1 April-30 April 1982, no. 17.
Sold by Simon Digby to Sam Fogg Ltd. (Sam Fogg).
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, November 1998.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Keyword:: herbals (reference sources)

watercolors (paintings)

Manuscripts

Seventeenth century

Illustrated works

Manuscripts, Persian

Pictorial works

codices (bound manuscripts)

Botany, Medical

Early works

Materia medica

Botany

Medicine, Greek and Roman
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9949183233503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p36w9694p/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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