Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 45

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DS ID:

DS4194

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 45

Title:

Tārīkh-i ilāhī haz̤rat Akbar pādishāh.

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: i, 41 leaves, ii : 365 x 202 (275 x 131) mm bound to 375 x 235 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Early works Manuscripts (documents) Codices (bound manuscripts) History Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Biography

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1v).
Binding: Bound in woven textile of large blue and yellow leaf patterns.
Layout: Chiefly 22 long lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Most pages border-ruled in various colors including green, yellow, brown, blue, pink; numerous illustrations in bright colors within the page, along the upper margin and along the outer margin, some unfinished; some rubrications and numbers in red.
Provenance: Sold by Sotheby's 9 February 1925, lot 172 (note in pencil and catalog entry, inside front cover).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Early works

Manuscripts (documents)

Codices (bound manuscripts)

History

Illuminations (painting)

Miniatures (paintings)

Biography

Manuscripts, Persian

Manuscripts, Oriental

Kings and rulers

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_045.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_045/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia