Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 191
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4256
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 191
- Title:
- Deccani portrait album.
- Place:
- India?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: ii, 98, ii leaves : 297 x 185 (233 x 128) mm, bound to 298 x 190 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846
Clark, Clarence H. 1833-1906
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Manuscripts, 17th century Manuscripts, Persian Codices (bound manuscripts) Portraits Miniatures (paintings) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Catalog entry, number 190, pasted into back inside cover. Memorandum describing the manuscript written in ink pasted to second flyleaf verso at front of book.
Binding: Bound in red leather over pasteboard with gilt-stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis, cornerpieces and frame; red leather doublure; marbled paper endleaves; spine stamped "The Mogol Dress".
Layout: One central image on each page; border-ruled.
Script: Labels in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Paintings are in bright colors on bright backgrounds; border-ruled in gold with gold floral marginal fill.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Earl Grenville (memorandum and catalog entry).
Provenance: Formerly owned by Clarence H. Clark (bookplate, inside back cover).
Provenance: Sold at the Clark sale, 30 November 1909 at the Samuel T. Freedman & Co. book auction rooms (note in pencil on memorandum, second front flyleaf verso).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate, back flyleaf verso). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_191.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_191/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
