Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 70

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4214

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 70

Title:

Būstān.

Author:

Saʻdī / سعدي

Saadi WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 171, ii leaves : 190 x 110 (127 x 65) mm bound to 190 x 110 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Onlays (decoration) Manuscripts (documents) Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Blind tooled (decoration)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry, lot 513, pasted into front inside cover.
Binding: Bound in red leather with blind-stamped and gilded onlay central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; marbled paper pastedowns; endbands in blue and brown.
Layout: 13 long lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue and gold (f. 1v) with the text of the first opening on cloudbands with foliate marginal fill (f. 1v-2r); 16 miniatures in bright colors (f. 16r, 23v, 28r, 39v, 55r, 60r, 70v, 80v, 87v, 93v, 101v, 112v, 117v, 127v, 133r, 138v; textblock and columns ruled in gold with page-opening ruled in blue; rubrications in red.
Provenance: Sold by Anderson Auction Company (New York), 15 December 1909, lot 513 (catalog entry pasted into front inside cover).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Onlays (decoration)

Manuscripts (documents)

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Illuminations (painting)

Miniatures (paintings)

Blind tooled (decoration)

Persian poetry

Manuscripts, Persian

Manuscripts, Oriental

Persian literature

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_070.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_070/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia