Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 225

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6705

Shelfmark:

MS Or 225

Title:

Zād al-maʻād / زاد المعاد

Zād al-maʻād

Author:

Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 or 1628-approximately 1699 / مجلي، محمد باقر بن محمد تقي، 1627 or 1628-approximately 1699

Muhammad Baqir Majlisi WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Iṣfahānī, Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad, active 1800 / اصفهاني، جعفر بن محمد، active 1800،

Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Iṣfahānī WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

1800.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian and Arabic

Persian WIKIDATA

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

Non-European laid paper, illuminations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 308, i leaves : Non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 176 x 104 (126 x 65) mm, bound to 178 x 110 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1r).
Layout: 18 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, Arabic vocalized.
Decoration: Gold and polychrome headpiece (f. 2v) with halkari (gold wash) leaves and vines marginal fill, text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r); illuminated double-page finispiece in the shape of two cypress trees (f. 307v-308r); textblock border-ruled in double gold; page-opening frame-ruled in gold; rubrications and overlining in red.
Origin: Copy completed on 21 Rajab 1215 AH (December 1800) by Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (f. 308r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 225.
Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 2r, 308v).

Keyword:

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Lacquered bindings

Early works

Religious life--Islam

Manuscripts, Arabic

Shīʻah--Customs and practices

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14835012

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https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15265586_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library