Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 50
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4199
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 50
- Title:
- Shāhnāmah.
- Firdawsī / فردوسي
- Place:
- Iran?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 532 leaves : 337 x 225 (256 x 145) mm bound to 350 x 250 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Specimens Epic poems Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (f. 1v).
Binding: Rebound in modern red leather with blind tooled frames and gold tooled corners; inside covers incorporate found traditional Islamic binding outside covers which were dark red leather with blind stamped central mandorla with radiant lines and two pendants on the vertical axis and a frame made up of blind stamped cartouches; gilt edges. Rebound by Riviere and Son (stamp inside back cover).
Layout: Preface: 25 long lines. Text: chiefly 25 lines in 4 columns with gold double rules between each column; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Opening illustration with foliate marginal fill (f. 1r); illuminated headpiece above the preface, chiefly in gold and blue with the text written on cloudbands with blue and orange flowers on the gold fill and foliate marginal fill (f. 1v-2r); second illuminated headpiece in gold and blue on first opening after the preface (f. 6v) with the text of the full opening on cloudbands with...
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_050.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_050/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
