Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 209

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6558

Shelfmark:

MS Or 209

Title:

al-Ṣaḥīfah al-kāmilah

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

1702.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic with some Persian annotations

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 146 foliated leaves : paper, illuminations ; 120 x 75 (86 x 44) mm, bound to 121 x 75 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from colophon (f. 144a).
Layout: 13 long lines in cloudbands; border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in gold and double blue with the text on cloudbands throughout. Headpiece in blue and gold on the first opening with textblock frame of blue line designs (f. 1v). Page-opening frame of colored (blue and red) and gold leaves on first and last opening (f. 1v-2r, 241v-242r). Gold foliate page-opening frame on three sides throughout; the frame has been partially...
Shelfmark: MS Or 209.
Origin: Copy completed in 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1113 AH (f. 142r).

Keyword:

Prayers and devotions

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

prayers (literary works)

Shīʻah--Prayers and devotions

Shīʻah

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230681

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230681_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library