(Q19394)
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Firdawsī
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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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Manuscripts, 17th century
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Bookplates (Provenance)
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Full covers
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Manuscripts, Persian
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Manuscripts, 18th century
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Manuscripts, Oriental
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Illuminations (painting)
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
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Epic poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800
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Extent: 514 leaves : 340 x 210 (220 x 125) mm bound to 345 x 215 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from introduction (f. 4r).
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Binding: Bound in black leather over pasteboard (Type III) with faded gold stamping of a central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis and wide frame, all with finials; doublure of red leather with central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis in formerly-gold tool, now green with double frame of parallel lines; back board detached.
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Layout: 25 lines in four columns; border-ruled and columns ruled.
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Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece in blue and gold with a central circular medallion (shamsah) set into a larger blue shamsah with two pendants in blue along the vertical axis and cornerpieces also in blue, all filled with floral motifs in polychrome and gold, the remaining white space is filled with floral motifs in gold (f. 9r); dual-page illuminated opening with the text set into the...
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Provenance: Sold at Anderson Auction Galleries, 23 March, 1926, lot 568 (catalog entries and note in pencil, f. 514v).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate, f. 1r).
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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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