Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 82
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4221
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 82
- Title:
- Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn.
- Muḥyī Lārī, -1526 or 1527 / محيي لاري،
- Scribe:
- Haravī, Uvays ibn Muḥammad, active 1566 / هروي، اويس بن محمد،
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: i, 36 leaves : 152 x 90 (100 x 50) mm bound to 152 x 95 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Early works Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry, lot 734, pasted into front inside cover with "Sotheby's Sale 7/25/1917, £3" written in pencil underneath.
Signature of H. Mohammad in blue ink (f. 1r).
Binding: Bound in blue brocade with leaf patterns; plain, white, laid paper pastedowns.
Layout: 15 lines, chiefly in two columns; border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece in gold and blue (f. 1v); textblock is border-ruled in gold, black, and blue; the columns are divided by two gold rules; rubrications in red and blue; 12 simple line drawings of places in and around the holy cities, chiefly in red, blue, and green (f. 14v, 20r, 23r, 23v, 29r, 29v, 30r, 31r, 33r, 34r, 34v, 35v).
Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's 25 July 1917, lot 734 (note in pencil, inside front cover).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_082.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_082/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
