(Q19445)
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Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Blind tooled (decoration)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Illuminations (painting)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Extent: i, 181, i leaves : 152 x 90 (100 x 50) mm bound to 152 x 95 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Catalog entry, lot 380, pasted into front inside cover. The entry and the Simsar catalog (p. 128) make reference to a stamp on the first flyleaf of Charles Mariet Caldicott and dated 1829 that is now missing.
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Binding: Bound in plain, brown leather with a blind tooled frame; pink leather doublure.
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Layout: 11 lines in two columns; border-ruled.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and blue (f. 1v); each page is border-ruled in blue, gold, black, and beige with the page-opening ruled in double black; the columns are divided by a central line of gold with pink and blue flowers painted on it; the same flowers on a gold field also appear at the ends of headers.
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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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