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Image Number:
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Bookreader Persian MS 908
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Reference Number:
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Persian MS 908
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Image Title:
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Kulliyat
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Parent Work Title:
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Kulliyat
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Creator:
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'Urfi
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Muhammad Husayn Dar-al-Marzi, called Qazi
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Creator Role:
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Scribe
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Date Created:
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1628 CE [1037]
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Description:
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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.
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Keyword:
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Persian poetry; Persian literature; Miniatures; Illumination
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Language Code:
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per
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Language:
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Persian
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Subject:
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Persian poetry
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Subject:
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Persian literature
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Creation Site:
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Iran: Eşfahān
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Style Period:
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Safawid period
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Style Period:
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Shiraz style
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Item Height:
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222 mm
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Item Width:
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123 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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