Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 138W-139W

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DS ID:

DS13147

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 138W-139W

Title:

Dīvān-i Bīdil, va, Dīvān-i Shams

Date:

between 1800 and 1850

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 164 leaves, 3 leaves of plates : paper, color illustrations ; 231 x 148 (140-188 x 93-105) mm bound to 239 x 158 mm

Note:

Ms. composite codex.
Title from leaf 1a and label on back cover by a later hand.
Additional label on back cover reads "Deevanabadeel & Shumseetubrez."
Three 19th-century European plates from R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts have been inserted: Full Dress (between leaves 13-14), no. 73, January 1, 1822. A View of the Italian Opera House (between leaves 45-46), no. 81, September 1, 1822. Evening Dress (between leaves 143-144), August 1, 1822 [no number given].
Physical description, text 1: 15 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in black and red with double red lines separating columns. Catchwords; text block has been trimmed. Insect damage, resulting in occasional loss of text.
Physical description, text 2: 11 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on gray glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Insect damage.
Origin: Text 2 dated 1 Jumādá 1 1249 H [16 September 1833], by Muḥammad Z̤iyāʾ al-Ḥaqq ibn Muḥammad Zayn al-Ḥaqq ʻAbbāsī al-Aḥmadābādī al-Gujarātī (leaf 161b). Text 1 likely from the early 19th century.
Price of 13 rupees given on leaf 1a. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.

Keyword:

Poetry

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9976454153506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5f5a1983-55be-44b4-8ddb-2582e7dbb7cc/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University