(Q19385)
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Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505
كاشفي، حسين واعظ، 1504- يا 1505
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Hādī ibn Bahāʼ al-Dīn, active 1822
هادي بن بهاء الدين،
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Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, active 1831
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Gunther, Charles Frederick, 1837-1920
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lacquered bindings (Binding)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Fables, Persian--Early works to 1800
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Extent: 149 leaves : 276 x 172 (220 x 110) mm, bound to 278 x 173 mm; paper
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from colophon (f. 148v).
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Catalog entries pasted onto last flyleaf verso: lot 513 in French, lot 375 in English.
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Notes (f. 149v) and one owner's stamp, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥusaynī, 1247, (f. 2r).
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Binding: Lacquered boards; outside covers depict flowers and birds on a reddish ground with a gold frame; inside covers have a central mandorla containing a bird and flowers and two pendants on the vertical axis each with a bunch of flowers depicted all on a black ground with gold floral fill, surrounded by a gold, patterened frame.
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Layout: 27 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah.
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Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Textblock of first opening border-ruled in gold and black with the top of the first page ruled in gold and blue as if for a headpiece, but left unilluminated (f. 1v-2r); rubrications in red.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥusaynī in 1247 A.H. (1831 or 1832 CE) (f. 2r).
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Provenance: Sold at an American Art Association auction, Selections from the Charles F. Gunther collection : sold by order of the Chicago Historical Society, 12 November 1925, lot 375.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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