Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 44

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DS ID:

DS4193

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 44

Title:

Iqbālnāmah-ʼi Jahāngīrī.

Author:

Muʻtamad Khān, Muḥammad Sharīf, -1639 or 1640 / معتمد خان، محمد شريف،

Muhàmmad Xarif Khwaja Taki WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 276 leaves : 365 x 202 (275 x 131) mm bound to 375 x 235 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909

Robert Hoe III WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Early works Manuscripts (documents) Codices (bound manuscripts) History Stamps (Provenance) Lacquered bindings (Binding) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Biography

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Two seals which may indicate ownership. The smaller seal has the name Raʻnā Khān and the larger, with the name ʻAlī Amjad Khān, is dated to the year 8 of the reign of Muḥammad Shāh (1727) (f. 1r).
Binding: Bound in illustrated lacquered covers with a black, leather spine. On the outside covers, a group plays music and two people dance in front of two seated men and their attendants; the image is framed by panels holding verses. On the inside covers, a large yellow flower on a red field
Layout: 21 long lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue and gold (f. 1v); numerous illustrations in bright colors, mostly full-page size, some oriented along the fore-edge (f. 2v, 4v, 10v, 18r, 18v, 22r, 31v, 36v, 39v, 45v, 48v, 59r, 69r, 76v, 77r, 78v, 87r, 90v, 94r, 95v, 98v-99r, 102r, 104v, 114v, 116r, 120v, 126r, 129r, 139r, 143v, 150r, 159r, 167r, 171r, 178r, 181v, 186r, 187r, 189r, 193v, 203r, 210v...
Provenance: Formerly owned by Robert Hoe (bookplate on back endpaper verso).
Provenance: Sold at the Robert Hoe sale (Part II) Anderson Auction Company (New York), 16 January 1912, lot 2419 (notes in pencil, first and second to last flyleaves).
Provenance: Catalog entry from Carolyn Shipman, "A catalogue of manuscripts forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe" (New York, 1909), p. 207-208 is pasted onto the second to last flyleaf verso.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate second to last flyleaf verso).

Keyword:

Early works

Manuscripts (documents)

Codices (bound manuscripts)

History

Stamps (Provenance)

Lacquered bindings (Binding)

Illuminations (painting)

Miniatures (paintings)

Biography

Manuscripts, Oriental

Kings and rulers

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_044.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_044/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia