(Q19391)
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Firdawsī
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Muḥammad Jaʻfar, active 1763
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Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Epic poems
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Stamps (Provenance)
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Illuminations (painting)
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Epic poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Oriental--17th century
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
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Manuscripts, Persian--17th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Extent: 467 leaves : 360 x 237 (225 x 130) mm bound to 365 x 250 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from beginning of text (f. 8v).
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Binding: Dark brown shagreen over pasteboard (Type III); inlaid gold-stamped central mandorla, six pendants (4 vertical, 2 horizontal) and cornerpieces. Faint green tracery still visible connecting the four pendants on the vertical axis and the central mandorla.
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Layout: After the first opening, pages generally laid out in 25 lines per page in 4 columns with gold double rules between each column; border-ruled and pages frame-ruled with a misṭarah.
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Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Dual-page illuminated first opening chiefly in gold and blue with the text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r); illuminated headpiece in gold and blue on first opening after the preface (f. 7v). 23 miniatures in bright colors (f. 10r, 25r, 33v, 60v, 90r, 98v, 117r, 130r, 154r, 165r, 182v, 222r, 244r, 258r, 275v, 292r, 317r, 356r, 366v, 395r, 437v, 447r, 466r). Textblock border-ruled in double...
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Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Muḥammad Jaʻfar (note dated 1177 A.H. (1763 or 1764) on f. 1r)
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate on first flyleaf recto, at front of book).
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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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