Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 76
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4218
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 76
- Title:
- Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ.
- Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century / حافظ،
- Place:
- India?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i, 181, i leaves : 152 x 90 (100 x 50) mm bound to 152 x 95 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Blind tooled (decoration) Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry, lot 380, pasted into front inside cover. The entry and the Simsar catalog (p. 128) make reference to a stamp on the first flyleaf of Charles Mariet Caldicott and dated 1829 that is now missing.
Binding: Bound in plain, brown leather with a blind tooled frame; pink leather doublure.
Layout: 11 lines in two columns; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and blue (f. 1v); each page is border-ruled in blue, gold, black, and beige with the page-opening ruled in double black; the columns are divided by a central line of gold with pink and blue flowers painted on it; the same flowers on a gold field also appear at the ends of headers.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_076.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_076/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
