Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, X8928 M31
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6673
- Shelfmark:
- X8928 M31
- Title:
- Persian calligraphy and illustration album
- Scribe:
- Ibn Muḥammad Riz̤ā Muḥammad, active 1716 / ابن محمد رضا محمد، active 1716
Ḥājī Muḥammad Ḥasanī, active 1658 / حاجى محمد حسنى، active 1658
Tabrīzī, Ḥusayn / تبريزي، حسين،
- Place:
- Iran?
- Date:
- 1650-1750?
- Language:
- Persian
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 17 leaves : paper, illustrations, illuminations ; 240 x 155 mm, bound to 240 x 164 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Reinhardt, Carl, 1856-1903
- Note:
- Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Various layouts, each work framed and mounted on an orange leaf.
Script: Written chiefly in nastaʻlīq with some samples in shikastah.
Decoration: 14 illustrations using different techniques and 16 calligraphic panels framed in either purple or brown and mounted on reddish-orange leaves. The illustrations include four battle scenes (f. 4v, 5r, 7v, 15r), five depictions of single individuals (f. 8r, 11v, 13v-14v), two drawings of animals (f. 16v, 17r), a flower (f. 12r), and two illustrated scenes from stories (f. 9v-10r).
Origin: Components produced at different times and by different artists; probably compiled as an album in the 19th century. Two calligraphic works are signed and dated: 1) Ibn Muḥammad Riz̤ā Muḥammad, dated 1128 AH [1716 CE] (f. 9r) and 2) Ḥājī Muḥammad Ḥasanī, dated 1069 AH [1658 CE] (f. 11r). A third work is signed [Ḥus]ayn al-Tabrīzī (f. 8v).
Shelfmark: X892.8 M31.
Owner's stamp on f. 12v.
Formerly owned by Carl Reinhardt; purchased from his estate. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14734628
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14734628_000/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
