Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 63
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4210
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 63
- Title:
- Khamsah.
- Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 / نظامى گنجوى،
- Place:
- India?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: ii, 383, ii leaves : 340 x 185 (235 x 120) mm bound to 356 x 195 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Aḥmad Khān Bahādur , active 1856 / علاو الدين احمد خان بهادر،
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Specimens Codices (bound manuscripts) Stamps (Provenance) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from colophon (f. 383v).
Catalog entry, lot 351, pasted onto front inside cover.
Owner's stamp with the name ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Aḥmad Khān Bahādur and the date 1273 (f. 2v, 383v)
Binding: Modern green leather binding with blind-stamped and gilded onlays set into both covers of a central mandorla, cornerpieces and two pendants on the vertical axis; pastedowns of reddish leather with silver frame; gilt edges.
Layout: Chiefly 21 lines in 4 columns; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, blue, orange (f. 1v, 33r, 91v, 154v, 242v, 289v); 44 colorful illustrations, some of which are quite similar one to another (see for example f. 157v and f. 291v); textblock border-ruled in beige, blue, red, black with beige and black rules between the columns; page-opening frame-ruled in blue; rubrications in red, some missing.
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_063.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_063/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
