Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 368 - FOLIO

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DS ID:

DS6636

Shelfmark:

MS Or 368 - FOLIO

Title:

Khamsah

Author:

Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325 / امير خسرو دهلوى، approximately 1253-1325

Amir Khosrow WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

between 1568 and 1571.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 234 foliated leaves : non-European laid paper, illustrations ; 275 x 175 (185 x 110) mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 19 lines in four columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in gold, green, blue; rubrications in red; five paintings (f. 98v, 131r, 171v, 191v, 234r).
Origin: Copy completed between AH 976 and 978 (f. 44v and 234r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 368 - FOLIO.
Two birth notes written in, one dated Shawwal 1228 and the other dated Muḥarram 1236 (f. 234v).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

miniatures (paintings)

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642787

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642787_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library