Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 56
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4204
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 56
- Title:
- Shāhnāmah.
- Firdawsī / فردوسي
- Place:
- India?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 145 leaves : 380 x 240 (265 x 142) mm bound to 390 x 247 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Epic poems Codices (bound manuscripts) Lacquered bindings (Binding) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: Lacquered bindings with illustrations of the celestial bodies in the form of humans in various poses, sometimes riding on or walking with animals on a greenish yellow field with three frames, black, red, and black all with gilt floral fill. The beings depicted on the outside covers are not the same on front and back. Inside covers have a painting of a plant resembling a narcissus on a...
Layout: After the first opening, pages generally laid out in 25 lines per page in 4 columns with gold double rules between each column; border-ruled and pages frame-ruled with a misṭarah.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, pink, green and purple on first opening (f. 1v). 13 miniatures in bright colors (f. 11v, 19v, 33r, 41v, 47r, 58v, 69r, 79v, 91r, 104r, 110v, 122r, 134r). Textblock border-ruled in gold, red, and blue. Page-opening framed by a thin, blue rule.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate on first flyleaf recto, at front of book).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_056.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_056/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
