Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 404 - GREY BOX

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6622

Shelfmark:

MS Or 404 - GREY BOX

Title:

Leaf with ghazal of Ḥāfiẓ

Author:

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

Hafez WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran or India?

Iran TGN

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 page : paper on card, illuminations ; 370 x 263 (175 x 85) mm

Note:

Manuscript leaf.
Title provided by cataloger.
Layout: Written in twelve lines in two columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Text on cloudbands with intercolumnar fill of polychrome flowers, the same fill between each poem; several sets of framing devices, from inner to outer: blue with gold leaf and vine motifs, pink with flower and stem motifs, a gold border-rule, gold, floral marginal fill, a gold frame-rule.
Origin: The item is undated; possibly copied in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 404 - GREY BOX.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

illuminations (paintings)

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

747-1500

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642709

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642709_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library