(Q19412)
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Khāqānī, Afz̤al al-Dīn Shirvānī, approximately 1126-1198 or 1199
خاقانى، افضل الدين شروانى،
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Manuscripts, 17th century
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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 (documents)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Envelope flaps (features)
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Manuscripts, Oriental
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Illuminations (painting)
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Manuscripts, 16th century
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Inlaying
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
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Extent: 339 leaves : 282 x 165 (174 x 100) mm bound to 282 x 180 mm; laid paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from caption title (f. 1v).
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Binding: Bound in reddish brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gold stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis, and cornerpieces with matching stamps on flap. Inside covers have brown leather doublure with inlay central mandorla in blue, yellow, red, and green with black filigree tracery, two pendants, cornerpieces and four notches, two on either long edge, all...
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Layout: 18 lines in two columns; some marginalia.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Four polychrome illustrations in two sets of facing pages (f. 82v-83r, 185v-186r); three sets of illuminated full page openings with headpieces in gold and blue, text on cloudbands with gold and polychrome flower fill between the lines and gold floral and bird marginal fill (f. 1v-2r, 9v-10r, 256v-257r); textblock border ruled in gold and blue; rubrications in red.
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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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