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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4190

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 41

Title:

ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt. / عجائب المخلوقات

Wonders of Creation

Author:

Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283 / قزويني، زكريا بن محمد،

Zakariya al-Qazwini Linked Data indicator

WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India

TGN

Language:

Persian with some quotations in Arabic

Persian

WIKIDATA

Arabic

WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper

AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 292, i leaves : 263 x 160 (180 x 100) mm bound to 265 x 165 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912

Oliver Henry Perkins Linked Data indicator

WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis Linked Data indicator

WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from colophon and added title (f. 1r).
Catalog entry, number 580, pasted onto last flyleaf verso. A note in pencil "'Wonder Book' MS. Indian workmanship written in the Persian language XVIII cent. AD. Lahore, India" and the code $U1.II written onto last flyleaf recto at the back of the book.
Binding: Bound in repaired dark red leather over pasteboard (Type III) with frame of green and yellow rules; doublure of plain paper with painted blue frame and tall, narrow window designs.
Layout: 23 long lines; border-ruled; catchwords in the bottom left of the textblock; marginal headings.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red and pink (f. 1v); numerous color illustrations, some full page, some half page and some smaller; diagrams in red and black (f. 9v, 10v-11v, 13r-14r, 15r, 16v, 204v-205v). Tables in red and black (f. 202r-202v, 213v-214v).Textblock is border-ruled in blue and double red; page-opening is frame ruled in blue. Rubrications in red, including...
Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate inside front cover).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, 19th century

Full covers

Manuscripts, Persian

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Illuminations (painting)

Miniatures (paintings)

Manuscripts (documents)

Zoology

Cosmography

Early works