(Q19415)
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ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230
عطار، فرىد الدين،
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Rushdī, Aḥmad
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Poems
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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--19th century
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Sufi literature, Persian--Early works to 1800
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Extent: 41 leaves : 235 x 135 (160 x 85) mm bound to 235 x 150 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from caption title (f. 1v).
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Catalog entry describing the manuscript pasted onto the inside front cover.
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Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). Covers painted with frames of gold, red, and orange with a gold tooled diaper grid central fill, somewhat effaced. Coordinated design on flap. Silver sprinkled pink paper doublure.
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Layout: 11 lines in two columns. Gold rules between and around columns.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black; pointed.
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Decoration: Rubrications in red. Dual page illuminated floriate borders of gold and red with illuminated headpiece in gold, pink, blue and red (f. 1v-2r). Illuminated finispiece in silver, gold, red, pink with floral motifs (f. 40v). Gold circular medallion, as if for a colophon or dedication (f. 41r). All pages border ruled in gold and green double rules with gold double rules between the...
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Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
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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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