(Q19301)
Statements
Mīr Maḥmūd walad Mīr Muḥammad ʻAlī
مير محمود ولد مير محمد على.
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Qurʼans
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Illuminations (painting)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Manuscripts, Oriental--17th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Arabic with Persian translation and marginal comments
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Extent: 392 leaves : 285 x 165 (210 x 115) mm bound to 290 x 185 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: Rebound in light brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II). The (possibly) original outside cover decorations of red leather with gold tooled sets of frames are attached to the outer boards; along with a matching piece of gold tooled red leather along the foredge flap. Doublure of reddish-brown leather.
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Layout: 11 long lines with Persian in between each line; border- and line-ruled.
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Script: Written in naskh in black ink, pointed and vocalized with Persian in nastaʻliq in red and black ink, pointed.
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Decoration: Dual page illumination in gold, red, and blue on first opening (f. 1v-2r) with text in cloudbands. Textblock rule-bordered in gold and black, with an outer frame-rule in gold to contain marginalia. Line rules in gold between each line of the source-text and the translation. Textblock tinted beige. Sūrah titles in black ink on a gold background. Readings and marked text divisions in...
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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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