Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1135

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13443

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1135

Title:

Dīvān

Author:

Qāsim Anvār, ʻAlī ibn Naṣīr, 1356-1433 / قاسم انوار، على بن نصىر، 1356-1433

Qasem-e Anvar WIKIDATA

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 258 leaves : paper ; 203 x 134 (137 x 88) mm. bound to 203 x 144 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
On fol. ia, illegible stamp bearing the number 12 in Arabic script.
Ms. foliated incorrectly beginning on the second leaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
Physical description: 15 lines per page, in 1-2 columns; written in shikastah in black on heavy, glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text and columns framed in black and gold; catchwords. First and last leaves stiffened with extra paper. Light staining and smudging; a few folios detached. Slight insect damage in inner margin towards end of ms. In excellent condition.
Decoration: Illuminated full-page dedication on fol. ib, mainly in blue and gold, in a delicate floral pattern. The dedication is written in white within a gold circle decorated with light blue arabesque, and reads as follows: "Bism khizānat al-sulṭān al-aḥṭam mālik riqāb al-umam ẓill Allāh fī al-arḍayn qahramān al-māʾ wa-al-ṭīn ʻaḍud al-salṭanah [...]."

Keyword:

illuminated manuscripts

Poetry

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9969053403506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University