Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, X8928 N651 Folio

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DS ID:

DS6674

Shelfmark:

X8928 N651 Folio

Title:

Khamsah

Author:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 / ‏نظامى گنجوى،&#٬٢٠٠ن؛ ‏1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203

Nizami Ganjavi WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

16--?].

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 308, ii leaves : Non-European laid paper, illustrations, illuminations ; 285 x 165 (195 x 105) mm, bound to 300 x 185 mm

Former Owner(s):

Reinhardt, Carl, 1856-1903

Carl Reinhardt WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 21 lines in four columns; catchwords each verso, lower left.
Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Headpieces in blue and gold before each new work (f. 1v, 132v, 188v). Foliate text division markers with blue borders and delicate, leafy scrolls with small, polychrome flowers. Foliate fill in gold, silver, and orange between angled lines, often before illustrations (see as examples f. 33v, 78r, 84v-85r). 19 full-page illustrations (f.12r, 34r, 45r, 78v, 117v, 142v, 172r, 199r...
Origin: The item is undated, likely copied in the 17th century.
Shelfmark: X892.8 N651 Folio.
Series of 11 inspection notes dated 1221-1229 AH /1806-1814 CE (f. 1r). Three seals (f. 1r).
Formerly owned by Carl Reinhardt; purchased from his estate.

Keyword:

Specimens

codices (bound manuscripts)

Poetry

illuminations (paintings)

Stamps (Provenance)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

miniatures (paintings)

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian

Manuscripts, Persian

Persian poetry

747-1500

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14734657

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14734657_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library