Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 475

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6660

Shelfmark:

MS Or 475

Title:

Subḥat al-abrār

Author:

Jāmī, 1414-1492 / جامى، 1414-1492

Jami WIKIDATA

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 100 foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 204 x 117 (120 x 60) mm, bound to 208 x 120 mm

Former Owner(s):

Kempner, Alan H

Alan H. Kempner WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: 15 lines in two columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: illuminated headpiece and finispiece in blue with gold, green, red and white (f. 1v, 100r); textblock border-ruled in gold and blue with columns and section headings ruled in gold; rubrications in gold and blue. Eight full-page illustrations (f. 9r, 27v, 39v, 44r, 51r, 61v, 81r, 91v).
Origin: Item is undated, but probably produced in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 475.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Lacquered bindings

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian literature

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14677888

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14677888_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library