Detail View: Medieval Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader Persian MS 36
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Reference Number:
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Persian MS 36
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Parent Work Title:
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Khamsa (Quintet)
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Creator:
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Nizami Ganjavi
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1445 [849 AH]
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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per (Kufic)
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Language:
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Persian
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Subject:
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Epic poetry
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Subject:
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Persian poetry
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Subject:
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Persian literature
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Paint
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Iran: Shiraz
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Style Period:
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Timurid period
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Style Period:
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Shiraz style
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Item Height:
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Folio: 254 mm
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Item Width:
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Folio: 178 mm
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Access Rights:
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References:
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B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2015-09-10
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2015-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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