University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Indic 37

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9577

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Indic 37

Title:

Bhagavadgītā

Place:

South Asia?

South Asia TGN

Date:

between 1750 and 1799?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 124 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 305 x 155 (242 x 115) mm bound to 315 x 175 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Foliation: Inconsistent marking of each book number in Hindu-Arabic numerals in upper left recto. Modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords, lower left verso. Leaves are adhered together in groups in several places, foliation is continuous, but not every folio may be viewed in its entirety. References in the record are to the modern foliation.
Layout: 21 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red, including chapter summaries and overlining; textblock border-ruled in blue, orange, black, gold; page-opening rule in blue; 7 half-page polychrome painted illustrations begin each chapter (f. 1v, 41v, 45v, 144v, 162v, 173v, 177v).
Binding: Bound in blue and white paper over pasteboard with brown leather spine and cornerpieces.
Origin: Likely copied in South Asia in the mid- to late-18th century.
Sold at auction at PBA Galleries (San Francisco) 15 June 2017, lot 132.

Keyword:

miniatures (paintings)

Manuscripts, Persian

codices (bound manuscripts)

Hinduism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977129941703681

IIIF Manifest:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366306/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania