Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 72
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4215
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 72
- Title:
- Gulistān.
- Saʻdī / سعدى
- Place:
- Iran?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 134 leaves : 107 x 65 (80 x 40) mm bound to 110 x 65 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
A certification of the gift by the United States Minister in Tehran laid in.
Binding: Embroidered covers of alternating stripes of dark and light with floral motifs over card with green leather edges and spine; gold stamped frame; green leather pastedowns. Matching green leather carrying box with red textile interior. Case is stamped "Gulistan Persian MS."
Layout: Chiefly 14 long lines, sometimes half the page in diagonal or perpendicular and half the page straight across; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq shikastah in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, red, blue, green on first opening (f. 1v). The entire text written on cloudbands; textblock double border-ruled in gold; page-opening ruled in black; rubrications in red.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Gift of Abū al-Fatḥ Mīrzā, Sālār al-Dawlah, third son of Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh to Oliver Henry Perkins, April 11, 1901 (inscription last flyleaf recto and notes laid in).
Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate inside front cover).
Provenance: Sold in Perkins' sale at Anderson Galleries on March 23 and 24, 1926 (catalog entry laid in).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_072.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_072/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
