Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 405 - GREY BOX

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6623

Shelfmark:

MS Or 405 - GREY BOX

Title:

Two Persian miniatures

Place:

India

India TGN

Date:

18--?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 unfoliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 340 x 187 (252 x 115) mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript leaves.
Layout: Written in 19 long lines.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in beige, black, red, blue with page-opening frame-rule in blue; rubrications in red; half-page illustrations in pastel colors (f. 1r, 2r).
Origin: The item is undated; perhaps produced in India in the 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 405 - GREY BOX.
Note in English describing the leaves pasted to verso of first leaf.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

miniatures (paintings)

detached leaves

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642712

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642712_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library