Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 62
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4209
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 62
- Title:
- Khamsah.
- Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 / ‏
- Scribe:
- Jārpādqānī, Ḥājjī Muḥammad, active 1627 / جارپادقاني، حاجي محمد،
- Place:
- India?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: ii, 513, iii leaves : 300 x 175 (202 x 88) mm, bound to 300 x 183 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
manuscripts (documents) Illuminations (painting) codices (bound manuscripts) miniatures (paintings) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Titles for each section from captions titles.
1. f. 1v-43r: Makhzan-i asrār -- 2. f. 43v-153r: Khusraw va Shīrīn -- 3. 153v-237r: Laylī va Majnūn -- 4. 237v-328v: Haft Paykar -- 5. 329v-450r: Iskandarʹnāmah -- 6. 450v-513r: Iqbālʹnamāh
Catalog entry, lot 303, pasted onto flyleaf 2 verso at front of book; notes in ink with two illegible stamps (f. 1r). One of the notes gives the costs of producing the manuscript, "The actual cost of the Khamsa of Nizami in the handwriting of the calligrapher Khan Shirazi - 357 rupees. Copying 36,000 couplets at 5 rupees per 1000 -180 rupees; ruling the folios and applying gold leaf - 90...
Binding: Red leather over pasteboard with horizontal bands and gold tooling along the spine; red painted doublure.
Layout: Chiefly 15 lines in 2 columns with two sets of 12 angled lines ; border- and column-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in polychrome and gold before each new section with marginal fill and the text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r, 43v-44r, 153v-154r, 237v-238r, 329v-330r, 450v-451r); textblock border-ruled in double gold and blue; text divisions marked in gold with gold corner and angled line dividers in gold and blue
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate on inside back cover). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_062.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_062/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
