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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9288

Shelfmark:

Ms. Indic 6

Title:

Bisnu Purān / بسن پران

Puranas

Place:

India

India TGN

Date:

between 1800 and 1850?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, illustrations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 136, 4 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 300 x 180 (210 x 110) mm bound to 308 x 190 mm

Former Owner(s):

Bourelier, Françoise

Françoise Bourelier WIKIDATA

Bourelier, Claude

Claude Bourelier WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock is border-ruled in green, beige, red, and blue with the page-opening ruled in blue. Rubrications in red. The first opening has two polychrome and gold miniatures and the text in cloudbands (f. 1v-2r). Nine other miniatures in bright, primary colors also appear (f. 4v, 31r, 34v, 42v, 48v, 63v, 77v, 96v, 126r).
Binding: Papier-mâché́ covers painted and lacquered with a flowering tree within a polylobed arch on exteriors and doublures. Exterior cover trees are on a green background with yellow arch and orange frame; doublure trees are on an orange background with yellow arch and green frame. A piece of bright blue textile embroidered with white thread covers the spine.
Origin: The copy is not dated, but likely produced in the first half of the 19th century, in India.
Formerly owned by Françoise and Claude Bourelier.
Sold by Sam Fogg Rare Books & Manuscripts (London), 2016.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

India

Nineteenth century

poems

Manuscripts, Persian

miniatures (paintings)

paintings (visual works)

Vishnu (Hindu deity)

Hindu mythology

Avatars (Religion)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9972460113503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3t14tw1c/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania