(Q29221)
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Rubaiyat
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Omar Khayyam
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Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Subḥān, active 1688
محمد عبد السبحان، active 1688
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Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944
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747-1500
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Quatrains, Persian--Early works to 1800
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1688.
17. century
1688
1688
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Extent: 48 paginated leaves : paper, illuminations ; 145 x 88 (108 x 58) mm, bound to 155 x 90 mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Collection of quatrains.
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Title from caption title (p. [1]).
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Layout: 20 lines in two columns; border-ruled.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, green with border-rules in blue and gold and gold leaf motifs between the columns (p. [1]); the rest of the pages are border-ruled in gold and blue with red horizontal lines dividing the quatrains. Some leaves are gold speckled in the textblock area.
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Origin: Copy completed on 15 Muḥarram in the year 1100 A.H. (November 1688) by Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Subḥān, a resident of Iṣfahān (p. 78).
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Shelfmark: MS Or 344.
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Smith note: "I think there are 767 quatrains there, a few less than the Calcutta Ms." (flyleaf 1 recto, at back of book).
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Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith, "I bought this MS at a Persian dealer in Lahore, India, in December, 1907" (signed note in pencil, flyleaf 1 verso at front of book).
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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