COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader Persian MS 908
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Bookreader Persian MS 908
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Persian MS 908
reference_number
Persian MS 908
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Kulliyat
title
Kulliyat
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Kulliyat
title_larger_entity
Kulliyat
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
'Urfi
creator
'Urfi
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Muhammad Husayn Dar-al-Marzi, called Qazi
creator
Muhammad Husayn Dar-al-Marzi, called Qazi
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Scribe
creator_role
Scribe
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1628 CE [1037]
date_created
1628 CE [1037]
Date Created
false
Description:
Modern scarlet leather slip-case. Magnificent contemporary binding very similar to that of Persian MS 35 (the gilt panels on the outer faces are from the same die) and no doubt from the same workshop; the panels of inscription of cut-out and inlaid coloured leather and the superb cut-out work on the doublures are particularly noteworthy. 271 ff. Fine nasta'liq in 2 columns of 17 lines to the page. Gold sprinkled written surface 130 mm x 60 mm. Magnificent illuminated heading on f 2b and margins of this opening fully illuminated. Other illuminated headings of equally fine quality and with richly decorated margins on ff 66b, 131b, 141b and 253b. Decorations in the text throughout. Colophon on f 270a, dated Tuesday 8 Rabi' II 1038/5 December 1628, by the scribe Muhammad Husayn Dar-al-Marzi, called Qazi. This is among the finest seventeenth century manuscripts and is in pristine condition throughout. There are two double page miniatures at the beginning and end, both enclosed in magnificent illuminated borders, which could well be by the same hand as ff 2a, 318b and 319a in Persian MS 35 though much better preserved.
description
Modern scarlet leather slip-case. Magnificent contemporary binding very similar to that of Persian MS 35 (the gilt panels on the outer faces are from the same die) and no doubt from the same workshop; the panels of inscription of cut-out and inlaid coloured leather and the superb cut-out work on the doublures are particularly noteworthy. 271 ff. Fine nasta'liq in 2 columns of 17 lines to the page. Gold sprinkled written surface 130 mm x 60 mm. Magnificent illuminated heading on f 2b and margins of this opening fully illuminated. Other illuminated headings of equally fine quality and with richly decorated margins on ff 66b, 131b, 141b and 253b. Decorations in the text throughout. Colophon on f 270a, dated Tuesday 8 Rabi' II 1038/5 December 1628, by the scribe Muhammad Husayn Dar-al-Marzi, called Qazi. This is among the finest seventeenth century manuscripts and is in pristine condition throughout. There are two double page miniatures at the beginning and end, both enclosed in magnificent illuminated borders, which could well be by the same hand as ff 2a, 318b and 319a in Persian MS 35 though much better preserved.
Description
false
Keyword:
Persian poetry; Persian literature; Miniatures; Illumination
keyword
Persian poetry; Persian literature; Miniatures; Illumination
Keyword
false
Language Code:
per
language
per
Language Code
false
Language:
Persian
language_name
Persian
Language
false
Subject:
Persian poetry
subject
Persian poetry
Subject
false
Subject:
Persian literature
subject
Persian literature
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Creation Site:
Iran: Eşfahān
location_creation_site
Iran: Eşfahān
Creation Site
false
Style Period:
Safawid period
style_period
Safawid period
Style Period
false
Style Period:
Shiraz style
style_period
Shiraz style
Style Period
false
Item Height:
222 mm
item_height
222 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
123 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
References:
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
references
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
References
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB