Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 46
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4195
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 46
- Title:
- Tārīkh-i Nādirī.
- Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, active 1733-1759 / مهدى خان استرابادى،
- Place:
- Iṣfahān
- Language:
- Persian with a few phrases in Arabic
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i, 169, i leaves : 230 x 140 (170 x 92) mm, bound to 175 x 147 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Ferrão de Castelo Branco, Jean de Carvalho Martins, 1805-1849
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lacquered bindings (Binding) Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry in English and description of the manuscript in French in ink pasted onto last flyleaf recto; catalog entry in English, number 237, and bookplate for Le Ch. Ferrão de Castelbranco (inside front cover).
Inscription in ink: "histoire de Nadir Chah beau manuscrit qui m'a été donné par le Roi du Perse en 1806" [signature illegible] (front flyleaf verso)
Binding: Lacquered boards; plain black outside covers, red inside covers with painted central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis.
Layout: 19 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq shikastah in black ink; pointed; Arabic in naskh.
Decoration: Texblock border-ruled in red, gold, dark blue; rubrications in red; page-opening frame-ruled in gold.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Le Ch. Ferrão de Castelbranco with the address 70 Avenue des Champs-Elysées; probably Jean de Carvalho Martins Ferrão de Castelo Branco (1805-1849) (bookplate inside front cover).
Provenance: Sold at an Anderson Auctions in 1910 (note in pencil, front flyleaf verso).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate, back flyleaf verso). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_046.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_046/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
