Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 87

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DS ID:

DS4226

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 87

Title:

Three poems on piety.

Author:

Rājū Qitāl, Yūsuf, -1372 or 1373 / راجوقتال، يوسف،

Yūsuf Rājū Qitāl WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Qādirī, ʻAbd al-Qādir, active 1845 / قادري، عبد القادر،

ʻAbd al-Qādir Qādirī WIKIDATA

Place:

India?

India TGN

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iii, 204, iii leaves : 242 x 140 (152 x 76) mm bound to 243 x 145 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912

Oliver Henry Perkins WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry, number 530, pasted in (first front flyleaf recto).
Binding: Bound in black leather with blind stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces with a frame of blind-stamped dots; red leather doublure.
Layout: 10-13 lines, either two columns, or slightly staggered long lines.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, pink; textblock border-ruled in beige and blue; page-opening frame-ruled in blue; columns ruled in beige; rubrications in red.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate first front flyleaf verso).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Poetry

Manuscripts, 19th century

Prayers and devotions

Manuscripts, Persian

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Blind tooled (decoration)

Manuscripts (documents)

Religious life--Islam

Islamic poetry, Persian

Piety

Islam

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_087.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_087/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia