Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 47

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DS ID:

DS4196

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 47

Title:

Tārīkh-i Kashmīr.

Author:

ʻAjīz, Narāyan Kaul, active 17th century-18th century / عجيز، نراين کول

Narāyan Kaul ʻAjīz WIKIDATA

Place:

India

India TGN

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 155 leaves : 210 x 125 (145 x 70) mm bound to 210 x 125 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

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

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger based on author's introduction.
Binding: Bound in bronzed leather over pulpboard with blind-stamped and painted central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and double frames; red leather doublure.
Layout: 13 long lines; border-ruled; second text: 8 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and blue with text on cloudbands with gold fill and floral fill border rules in orange and pink (f. 11v-12r); textblock border-ruled in red, gold, blue with page-opening frame rule in blue; rubrications in red. The textblock of the second work is border-ruled in double red
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Early works

Codices (bound manuscripts)

History

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Oriental

India--Jammu and Kashmir

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_047.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_047/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia