Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 485

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6662

Shelfmark:

MS Or 485

Title:

Leaf from Khusraw va Shīrīn

Author:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 / نظامى گنجوى، 1140 يا 1141-1202 يا 1203

Nizami Ganjavi WIKIDATA

Date:

15--?-16--?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : paper, illuminations ; 280 x 170 (190 x 105) mm

Note:

Manuscript leaf.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 25 lines in four columns; border and column-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated text dividers in white on gold with blue and yellow surrounds each section covered in polychrome flowers; intercolumnar fill in two styles, black flowers and stems on gold with green rules for the outside columns and red and green geometric pattern on gold with orange rules for the center column; border-rules in gold, brown and three shades of blue.
Origin: The item is undated; perhaps copied in the 16th or 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 485.

Keyword:

Early works

illuminations (paintings)

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14678257

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14678257_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library