(Q19487)
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Selânikî Mustafa Efendi, -1600?
سلانيكى، مصطفى افندى،
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Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 1722
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Clark, Clarence H. 1833-1906
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Illuminations (painting)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Manuscripts, Turkish--18th century
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Extent: 400 leaves : 277 x 150 (195 x 76) mm bound to 277 x 161 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from bottom edge.
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Binding: Lacquered red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II) with painted floral decorations in gold and colors on a shimmering brown field; pastedowns and flap lining of floral woven green silk with woven gold flowers.
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Layout: 25 long lines; border-ruled. Occasional passages of poetry in two or three columns divided by gold rules.
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Script: Written in neat nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Illuminated six-pointed star inside gold medallion (f. 1r); illuminated headpiece in gold, blue and red (f. 1v, 401v); illuminated text dividers (f. 158v, 221r); fill of pink flowers in empty, ruled textblock (f. 401v-402r). Textblock border-ruled in gold and black; headings centered and framed in gold rules; rubrications in red and gold.
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Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Clarence H. Clark (bookplate first flyleaf recto).
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Provenance: Sold at the Clarence H. Clark sale by Stan V. Henkels at the Samuel T. Freeman & Co. book auction rooms on November 30, 1909, lot 189 (catalog clipping pasted onto first flyleaf recto).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate first flyleaf recto).
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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