Calligraphy samples in Persian (DS6689) (Q29404)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library (15147183, X8928 M311)
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Calligraphy samples in Persian (DS6689)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library (15147183, X8928 M311)

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    Calligraphy samples in Persian
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    Gulāb Rāʼī, Fadwá, active 19th century
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    Calligraphy, Persian--Specimens
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    Persian with two leaves in Sanskrit; colophon in Urdu
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    Extent: ii, 42, i leaves : paper ; 183 x 115 (112 x 67) mm, bound to 192 x 115 mm
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    Manuscript codex.
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    Title supplied by cataloger.
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    Layout: Various; leaves numbered in Hindu-Arabic numerals in red ink, upper left recto.
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    Script: Written primarily in styles of nastaʻlīq in black or red ink; pointed.
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    Decoration: Numerous illustrations and calligraphic examples with floral borders; page openings with content are frame-ruled in black or red.
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    Origin: Item is undated, but likely copied in the 19th century. The colophon states that the author and calligrapher is Fadwá Gulāb Rāʼī, an inhabitant of Tajganj [Agra], and a student at the Madrasah of Sarkar Faiz East India Company (Angrez Bahadur) (f. 42r). Probably the Agra College, founded in 1823.
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    Shelfmark: X892.8 M311.
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    Formerly owned by Alexander I. Cotheal (stamp f. 1r, 42v).
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    2 February 2024
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    2 February 2024
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