Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 98
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4234
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 98
- Title:
- Gulshan-i ʻishq.
- Nuṣratī, -1673 / نصرتى،
- Scribe:
- Muḥammad Ghawth Suwār / محمد غوث سوار،
- Place:
- India
- Language:
- Hindustani
- Physical Description:
- Extent: iii, 205, iii leaves : 292 x 180 (216 x 112) mm bound to 297 x 185 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Manuscripts, 19th century Manuscripts, Indic Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts, Oriental Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1v).
Cataloging assitance by Murtaza Shakir and Alifiya Diwan.
Binding: Bound in reddish leather over pasteboard with blind-stamped central mandorla and frame inlay and a border register made of gilt-stamped cartouches; plain reddish leather doublure; red painted edges.
Layout: 17 lines in two columns; border-ruled.
Script: Written in Indian nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: The first-opening textblock is painted yellow with a floral headpiece in blue and gold (f. 1v-2r); the textblock and columns are border-ruled in gold and red with the intercolumnar space filled with red for the first 10 leaves; page-openings frame-ruled in blue; 214 illustrations appearing on almost every page in full-page, half-page or quarter-page oblongs with liberal use of gold...
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_098.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_098/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
