(Q19421)
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Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
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ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Aḥmad Khān Bahādur , active 1856
علاو الدين احمد خان بهادر،
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Specimens
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Stamps (Provenance)
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Illuminations (painting)
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Manuscripts, Persian--19th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--19th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic--Specimens
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Extent: ii, 383, ii leaves : 340 x 185 (235 x 120) mm bound to 356 x 195 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from colophon (f. 383v).
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Catalog entry, lot 351, pasted onto front inside cover.
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Owner's stamp with the name ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Aḥmad Khān Bahādur and the date 1273 (f. 2v, 383v)
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Binding: Modern green leather binding with blind-stamped and gilded onlays set into both covers of a central mandorla, cornerpieces and two pendants on the vertical axis; pastedowns of reddish leather with silver frame; gilt edges.
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Layout: Chiefly 21 lines in 4 columns; border-ruled.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, blue, orange (f. 1v, 33r, 91v, 154v, 242v, 289v); 44 colorful illustrations, some of which are quite similar one to another (see for example f. 157v and f. 291v); textblock border-ruled in beige, blue, red, black with beige and black rules between the columns; page-opening frame-ruled in blue; rubrications in red, some missing.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate on inside back cover).
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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