Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 77G

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DS ID:

DS13471

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 77G

Title:

Kitāb-i Khamsah /

Author:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 / نظامى گنجوى، 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203

Nizami Ganjavi WIKIDATA

Place:

Abarqūh

Abarkūh TGN

Date:

1443-1446

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 356, i leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 250 x 163 (167 x 110) mm. bound to 257 x 166 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1b-2a.
Physical description: 21 lines per page, in four columns; written in small nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text, columns, and headings framed in gold; headings in gold. Catchwords. Fol. 31a blank. Damp staining across upper margin; otherwise in excellent condition.
Decoration: On fol. 1a, illuminated medallion with pendants in gold, blue, and orange; medallion contains the six titles contained in this volume set within small gold medallions. On fol. 1b-2a, illuminated two-page spread in similar colors, containing the title of the volume and the beginning of the first text. Thereafter the beginning of each text is marked by an illuminated ʻunwan with the...
Origin: First text completed on 15 Rajab 847 H [8 November 1443] (fol. 30b). Remainder of volume completed by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Tustarī al-mushtahir bi-Kāghidhī on 20 Shawwāl 849 H [19 January 1446] in Abarqūh (fol. 356b).
On fol. 356b, owner's entry dated 853 H [1449 or 50].

Keyword:

Poetry

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Persian

miniatures (paintings)

illuminations (paintings)

headpieces (layout features)

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9969358113506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7d40c27c-f3ac-4a59-adaa-55e151b56592/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University