Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 203
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6556
- Shelfmark:
- MS Or 203
- Title:
- Devotional book
- Place:
- Iran?
- Date:
- between 1700 and 1850?
- Language:
- Arabic and Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 172 leaves : non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 113 x 67 (73 x 36) mm, bound to 115 x 72 mm.
- Former Owner(s):
- Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944
- Note:
- Manuscript codex.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 10 ruled lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; some elements in nastaʻliq; pointed, partially vocalized.
Decoration: Dual-page illuminated first opening with polychrome and gold headpiece, gold floral margin fill and text on cloudbands (f. 1v-[2]r). All other pages are ruled in between each line in gold and black and border-ruled in gold, black, red. Gold roundels mark verse endings. Rubrications in red, including headers and readings.
Origin: Item is not dated, but likely copied in Iran in the 18th century or first half of the 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 203.
Customs stamp dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 171v). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230585
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230585_000/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
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