Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 74

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6607

Shelfmark:

MS Or 74

Title:

Dīvān

Author:

Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century / حافظ، active 14th century

Hafez WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

between 17--? and 18--?].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iv, 207, iii leaves : Non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 188 x 120 (142 x 76) mm, bound to 182 x 110 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Layout: 14 lines per page in two columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in red, gold, blue; page-opening frame-ruled in blue; three gold and polychrome headpieces (f. 1v, 5v, 23v).
Origin: Item is undated; perhaps copied in the 18th or 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 74.
Customs stamp dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 206v).

Keyword:

full covers

blind-tooled (decoration)

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

747-1500

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642099

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642099_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library