Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 64

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4211

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 64

Title:

Kitāb-i Sharafʹnāmah-ʼi Iskandarī.

Author:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 / نظامى گنجوى،

Nizami Ganjavi WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Material:

laid

Physical Description:

Extent: iv, 88, iii leaves : 285 x 160 (177 x 87) mm bound to 295 x 175 mm; laid

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, 17th century Manuscripts, Persian Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts, Oriental Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1v).
Notes in pencil, "circa 1740", "bound by Herring" (last flyleaf recto at end of book).
Two different catalog entries in English pasted in, neither numbered: one on the inside front cover, the other on the first flyleaf recto at the back of the book.
"Persian History of Alexander the Great from B. Harwood to Mr. Greene, cost £30" (note tipped in before f. 1).
Binding: Rebound in European green, straight grain leather with blind tooled and gold tooled rectangular borders and frame; "Life of Alexander the Great" stamped on spine.
Layout: 21 lines in four columns; border-ruled
Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Titlepiece in gold and blue with vine and flower motifs (f. 1v); 9 nearly full page illustrations (f. 13v, 19v, 32v, 39v, 46r, 53v, 67v, 77v, 85v) some of which either have holes or have had holes in them repaired; border rules in gold, blue and red; text division markers in blue surrounded by stems with gold leaves and orange or green flowers; in the replacement leaves, f. 59-66...
Provenance: Formerly owned by B. Harwood and Mr. Greene (note tipped in before f. 1).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside back cover).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, 17th century

Manuscripts, Persian

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Illuminations (painting)

Miniatures (paintings)

Manuscripts (documents)

Persian poetry

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian

Persian literature

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_064.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_064/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia