Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 53
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4202
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 53
- Title:
- Shāhnāmah.
- Firdawsī / فردوسي
- Scribe:
- Qummī, Muḥammad ibn Shaykh ʻAqīl al-Sharīf, active 1592 / قمي، محمد بن شيخ عقيل الشريف،
- Place:
- Iran?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i, 385, i leaves : 353 x 217 (280 x 137) mm bound to 357 x 230 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Antiquatchi, Ali Asghar, active 1928
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Notes (documents) Epic poems Filigree Full covers Islamic bindings (Binding) Manuscripts, Persian Manuscripts (documents) Codices (bound manuscripts) Envelope flaps (features) Manuscripts, Oriental Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts, 16th century Inlaying - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from colophon (f. 385v).
Repaired by Marty Dickson May 1980 (note in pencil first flyleaf recto at front of book).
Notes dated 1231, 1234 and 1269 A.H. recorded in ink (f. 1r).
Binding: Bound in black leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Front covers have inlay gilded and red embossed floral central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces. Flap has matching design. Inside covers have bright red leather doublure with the same pattern as the outside covers recreated in green, blue, red, and black textile inlay with gold filigree...
Layout: 33 lines in four columns; border-ruled and columns ruled.
Script: Written in naskh with elements of nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue, red and gold (f. 1v); 21 polychrome miniatures (f. 8r, 15v, 22v, 39r, 41r, 47r, 58r, 63v, 92v, 109v, 121v, 142v, 161v, 175r, 202r, 228v, 241r, 247r, 289v, 304r, 308v). Rubrications in red, blue, gold, and darker red; no rubrications between f. 197v-373v. Textblock border-ruled in gold, red and darker red.
Provenance: Sold at the Ali Asghar Antiquatchi sale Anderson Auction Company (New York) 1-2 February, 1928, lot 251 (note in pencil on catalog entry pasted to first flyleaf recto). The note says 26 January, but the sale was in February of that year.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_053.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_053/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
