Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 43
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4192
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 43
- Title:
- Tīmūrnāmah.
- Author:
- Hātifī, -1520 or 1521 / هاتفى،
- Scribe:
- Muḥammad ibn Mullā Mīr al-Ḥusaynī, active 1583 / محمد بن ملا مير الحسينى،
- Place:
- Iran?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 190 leaves : 235 x 153 (143 x 67) mm bound to 240 x 158 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Qulī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Jaʻfar, active 1839 / قلى، محمد حسين بن جعفر،
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Two stamps, one oval, one square with two different names dated 1210? (f. 171r, 172r).
Binding: Later rebinding in red leather over pasteboard; covers blind-stamped with central square stamp with floral motifs and frame with matching cornerpieces. Spine and cover edges are black textile with gilt-stamped frame; inside covers are painted black.
Layout: 12 lines in two columns; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue and orange (f. 1v); five illustrations (f. 28r, 58r, 72v, 132v, 140v); textblock border-ruled in red, blue, gold, blue; rubrications in red.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Jaʻfar al-Qulī, Governor of Maḥālāt and the districts of Marand, dated 24 Jumādah al-Thānī 1255 (note and stamps, f. 190v).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_043.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_043/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
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