Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, X8928 An8

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6669

Shelfmark:

X8928 An8

Title:

Dīvān

Author:

Hātif, Sayyid Aḥmad, -1783 or 1784 / هاتف، سيد احمد، -1783 or 1784

Sayyid Aḥmad Hātif WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

between 1775? - 1899?].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 139 unnumbered leaves : laid paper, illuminations ; 205 x 126 (147 x 81) mm, bound to 208 x 134 mm

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 15 lines in two columns.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Gilt and polychrome illuminated headpiece (f. 1v) with cloudbands on the first opening (f. 1v-2r); textblock border-ruled in gold and blue; page opening frame ruled in gold.
Origin: The item is undated, likely produced in the late 18th or 19th century.
Shelfmark: X892.8 An8.
Two effaced oval seals in blue ink (f. 2r).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Lacquered bindings

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

Stamps

Manuscripts, Persian

1500-1796

Persian poetry

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14734460

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14734460_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library