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Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
نظامى گنجوى، 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
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Miniatures (Illuminations)--Islamic countries--19th century
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Headpieces (layout features)--Islamic Empire--15th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--15th century
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Illuminated manuscripts--Islamic Empire--15th century
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1492-3
15. century
1492Gregorian
1493Gregorian
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Extent: i, 110, i leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 268 x 174 (215 x 134) mm. bound to 270 x 178 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Physical description: 21 lines per page, in four columns; written in small nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text occasionally written on a diagonal. Columns and headings framed in gold; text framed in blue and gold. Catchwords. Original text has been set within a frame of thinner laid Arabic paper. Numerous paper repairs and some leaves entirely replaced. Both the...
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Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwans on fol. 1b, 66b in blue, gold and red, marking the beginning of texts 2, 3. On fol. 1b-2a, 66b-67a, columns demarcated by blue lines filled with a polychrome floral pattern. Headings in gold on a floral background; similar floral pattern used to fill empty spaces around diagonal text. Six miniatures likely from the 19th century.
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Origin: First text completed on 10 Rabīʻ I 898 H [30 December 1492] (fol. 1a). Second text completed on 10 Rajab 898 H [27 April 1493] (fol. 66a).
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Stamps on fol. 1a, 110b dated 1341. Ex libris of Robert Garrett on inner front cover. Acquired by Ananikian from Egypt, 1924.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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