Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 85
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4224
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 85
- Title:
- Dīvān-i Viṣāl.
- Viṣāl Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Shafīʻ ibn Muḥammad Ismāʻīl, 1782 or 1783-1845 or 1846 / وصال شيرازى، محمد شفيع بن محمد اسماعيل،
- Place:
- Iran
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 132 leaves : 193 x 120 (134 x 57) mm bound to 195 x 123 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Lacquered bindings (Binding) Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from added title (f. 1r)
Binding: Lacquered boards with bird and flowers and a gold frame, front and back covers identical. Inside covers show a bright red field with a gold central medallion, four pendants along the vertical axis and a gold frame with corner flourishes.
Layout: Two layouts: for the short poetry section (f. 4v-59r), 17 lines in two columns, often with a centered couplet and 26 marginal lines on two sides, written at angles; for the Bazm-i Viṣāl section (f. 61v-130v), 15 lines in two columns, with 10 lines in the fore-edge column written at an angle; rules between all columns and around textblock
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Two illuminated headpieces chiefly in gold and blue with the text on the full page-opening written on cloudbands (f. 4v-5r, 61v-62r). Rules in gold around the textblock, between the columns, and along the angled marginal lines; page-opening also framed with a gold rule.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_085.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_085/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
