(Q57472)
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Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent
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Lacquered bindings--India--19th century
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Illuminated manuscripts--India--19th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--India--19th century
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18--?
19. century
1800
1899
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Extent: ii, 214, ii leaves : paper ; 160 x 105 (122 x 75) mm. bound to 159 x 105 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Physical description: 13 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on thin, white glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords. Text framed in blue, gold, and orange, with outer marginal gold border. Light staining and smudging; otherwise in excellent condition.
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Decoration: Lavishly illuminated two-page spread on fol. 1b-2a, consisting of four couplets set within rectangles, on a four-pointed star set upon a large rectangle; executed in a delicate floral pattern in gold, blue, orange, and lavender. Columns separated by a dark blue line filled with a gold foliar pattern; occasionaly the pattern is also on the outer borders of each column where the...
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Origin: Likely from India, late 19th century.
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Note of Āqā Sayyid Muḥammad Āqā Iṣfahānī dated 1315 H [1897 or 8] on fol. iiib. Ex libris of Robert Garrett on fol. ia.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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