Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 90

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DS ID:

DS4229

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 90

Title:

Tuḥfah-ʼi Shāhidī.

Author:

Shāhidī Dadah Mughlavī, Ibrāhīm ibn Ṣāliḥ, 1470 or 1471-1550 or 1551 / شاهدى دده مغلوى، ابراهيم بن صالح،

Shahidi Ibrahim Dede WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Muḥ̣ammad Amīn, active 1801 / محمد امين،

Muḥ̣ammad Amīn WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Language:

Persian and Ottoman Turkish

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 68, ii leaves : 192 x 124 (120 x 67) mm bound to 191 x 132 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Turkish Manuscripts, 19th century Full covers Islamic bindings (Binding) Manuscripts, Persian Dictionaries Codices (bound manuscripts) Envelope flaps (features) Manuscripts, Oriental Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry, number 354, pasted in (first front flyleaf verso). The typewritten number 1842 pasted in upside down (first front flyleaf verso).
Binding: Bound in green leather over pasteboard which has been cut for an inlay mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis so that faint impressions are visible under the leather, with flap (Type II); gilt-stamped frame; doublure of marbled paper in brown, blue and pink with yellow paper endleaves sprinkled in silver. Manuscript comes with a red leather carrying case, with marbled paper...
Layout: Seven lines in three columns with up to 50 lines at angles (in two sets of up to 25) in the three margins along the outside edges; margins ruled in drypoint.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, main text vocalized.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold with purple, blue, and yellow flowers and green leaves and stems with purple and red borders and red and blue finials along the top (f. 1v); textblock border-ruled in double gold and red; columns ruled in double gold; page-opening ruled in narrow gold; rubrications in red.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate, first front flyleaf verso).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Turkish

Manuscripts, 19th century

Full covers

Islamic bindings (Binding)

Manuscripts, Persian

Dictionaries

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts (documents)

Persian language

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_090.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_090/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia