COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader Persian MS 36
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Bookreader Persian MS 36
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Reference Number:
Persian MS 36
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Persian MS 36
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Khamsa (Quintet)
parent_work_title
Khamsa (Quintet)
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Nizami Ganjavi
creator
Nizami Ganjavi
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1445 [849 AH]
date_created
1445 [849 AH]
Date Created
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Description:
Illustrated manuscript of the Khamsa (five poems) of Nizami Ganjavi. Original binding (rebacked, the spine lettered KHEM-SEH I NIZAMI) of dark reddish-brown leather with exquisitely tooled arabesque medallion and pendants, partly gilt, and narrow gilt frame. Doublures with medallion of fine bold cut-out work of brown leather on a background of blue, green and gold. On the upper margin of f. 3a is the seal of a former owner, Fath 'Ali b. Hidayat-allah, dated 1218/1803. Nineteen miniatures in the style associated with Shiraz. Ff. 3b, 4a exquisitely illuminated as a double title-page : headings of equally fine quality on ff. 29b (Khusraw u SHirin), 98b (Layla wa Majnun), 147b (Haft Paykar), 203b (Iskandar Nama) and 275b (Sharaf Nama), the lettering in elegant Kufic. In addition on ff. 29a, 202b, 203a, 275a and 314a blank spaces at the end of the poems are covered with geometrical diaper designs in gold and occasional touches of colour. On ff. 98a, 147a and 275a smaller spaces are filled with fine floral scrollwork in gold touched with colours. The copyist has appended a colophon to each of the poems but gives neither his name nor the place where the manuscript was produced. The dates are between November 1444 and May 1445.
description
Illustrated manuscript of the Khamsa (five poems) of Nizami Ganjavi. Original binding (rebacked, the spine lettered KHEM-SEH I NIZAMI) of dark reddish-brown leather with exquisitely tooled arabesque medallion and pendants, partly gilt, and narrow gilt frame. Doublures with medallion of fine bold cut-out work of brown leather on a background of blue, green and gold. On the upper margin of f. 3a is the seal of a former owner, Fath 'Ali b. Hidayat-allah, dated 1218/1803. Nineteen miniatures in the style associated with Shiraz. Ff. 3b, 4a exquisitely illuminated as a double title-page : headings of equally fine quality on ff. 29b (Khusraw u SHirin), 98b (Layla wa Majnun), 147b (Haft Paykar), 203b (Iskandar Nama) and 275b (Sharaf Nama), the lettering in elegant Kufic. In addition on ff. 29a, 202b, 203a, 275a and 314a blank spaces at the end of the poems are covered with geometrical diaper designs in gold and occasional touches of colour. On ff. 98a, 147a and 275a smaller spaces are filled with fine floral scrollwork in gold touched with colours. The copyist has appended a colophon to each of the poems but gives neither his name nor the place where the manuscript was produced. The dates are between November 1444 and May 1445.
Description
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Language Code:
per (Kufic)
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per (Kufic)
Language Code
false
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Epic poetry
subject
Epic poetry
Subject
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Subject:
Persian poetry
subject
Persian poetry
Subject
false
Subject:
Persian literature
subject
Persian literature
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
sub_category
Miniatures (paintings)
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
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false
Medium:
Paint
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Paint
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
Iran: Shiraz
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Iran: Shiraz
Creation Site
false
Style Period:
Timurid period
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Timurid period
Style Period
false
Style Period:
Shiraz style
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Shiraz style
Style Period
false
Item Height:
Folio: 254 mm
item_height
Folio: 254 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
Folio: 178 mm
item_width
Folio: 178 mm
Item Width
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights holder - Work
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Access Rights:
References:
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
references
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-09-10
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2015-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
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