(Q19448)
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Muʻīn Juvaynī, active 14th century
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Dāmād, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad, -1631?
داماد، محمد باقر بن محمد،
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Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Sharaf al-Dīn, active 1572
محمد حسين بن شرف الدين،
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Notes (documents)
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Filigree
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Full covers
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Islamic bindings (Binding)
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Manuscripts, Persian
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Manuscripts, 16th century
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Stamps (Provenance)
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Manuscripts, Oriental
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Illuminations (painting)
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Onlays (decorative components)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Inlaying
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Extent: 337, i leaves : 235 x 151 (153 x 80) mm bound to 235 x 152 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from introduction (f. 12r).
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Title also appears on top edge.
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Multiple notes on the flyleaves including: 1) Selections of poetry by Mīr Muḥammad Bāqir Dāmād (front flyleaf recto); 2) A birth record composed by Shuʻayb al-Jawshaqānī of a girl named ʻIṣmat, born in 1005 A.H. (f. 337v); 3) A business transaction about the exchange of pearls (14 mithqāl and 4 nukhūd) for 44 gold coins between Ḥājjī Bājī and Nawwāb Fakhr al-Dawlah (f. 337v, upper left).
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Two illegible stamps (f. 337r).
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Two catalog entries pasted onto inside back cover. One in French, lot 203; the second in English, lot 377.
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Binding: Bound in lighter brown leather over pasteboard with inlay central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; the pendants are gold filigree on a green background and the central mandorla and cornerpieces are gilded with blue onlays; pastedowns are blue paper; endbands in light pink and green.
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Layout: 15 lines to a page with prose in long lines and poetry in two columns; border-ruled.
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Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed; Arabic is pointed and vocalized.
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Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue and gold with floral decoration (f. 1v); first opening text on cloudbands with gold and floral in-fill with intercolumnal decoration of polychrome flowers on a dark blue ground; textblock border ruled in gold, orange, gold, black and blue; rubrications in red; gold rules around and between columns of poetry.
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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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