Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 152b

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6548

Shelfmark:

MS Or 152b

Title:

Painted manuscript leaves

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

between 1850 and 1950?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 leaves : paper reinforced by card, color illustrations ; 218 x 140 (62 x 88) mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript leaves.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Modern foliation added, beginning with 10 (f. 10-11).
Layout: 15 lines in two columns.
Script: Written in nasta'līq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration : Two simple paintings in opaque watercolor. Each painting is of a person in pink garb on a green, hilly background with blue sky. One person is bald, standing, wearing sandals, a green cloak and a rope belt with two objects hanging from it holding a staff. The other is wearing a brown cloak and shoes and a white turban with a feather in it, holding a finger bowl and is seated next...
Origin: Items are undated, but likely created in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 152b.
Two unrelated manuscripts previously housed with this item have been separately cataloged as MS Or 152a and MS Or 152c.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

miniatures (paintings)

poems

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893214

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13893214_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library