Copied in Hindi era 1907-1908 [A.D. 1850-1851]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black. Blank space (left for miniatures) filled out with crude floral desgins in colors. Unwans in gold and colors. Some leaves (with miniatures) torn out., Five epic poems (Makhzan al-asrar, Khusraw va Shirin, Layli va Majnun, Haft paykar, Iskandarnamah)., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly old (16th century) nastaliq, in red and black;unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; with 5 colored miniatures., Islamic binding, in brown., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and The wisdom book of Alexander the Great, in verse. Part of the Haft Awrang collection.
Autograph of James Macpherson. Ex libris Thomas Munro. Purchased in February, 1948., Copied in Kashmir in A.H. 1163 [A.D. 1749 or 1750]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on folio 1 verso, smaller unwans elsewhere; gilt flowered border on folio 2 recto., Masnavi poem; part of the Khamsah quintet., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Sadi., creator Shirazi, Pur Husayn ibn Pur Hasan al-Katib
Published / Created:
[1538]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 165
Image Count:
4
Description:
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. Zu al-Hijjah 944 [A.D.1538] by Pur Husayn ibn Pur Hasan al-Katib al-Shirazi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Good nastaliq, in black, blue, and gold; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., Leaves 1-2, 17-18, 374-376 wanting; leaves 193-199 misbound after leaf 208, and leaves 209-214 after leaf 238., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Khaqani, Afzal al-Din Shirvani, ca. 1126-1198 or 9, creator
Published / Created:
[1547]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 25
Image Count:
2
Description:
Collected poems., Copied in A.H. 954 [A.D. 1547]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Ex libris Thomas Munro. Gift of the DeForest Bookshop, 1948., Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collected poems., Copied in A. H. Rajab 1096 [A.H. 1685]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors; with colored miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied on A.H. 8 Rabīʻ al-S̲ānī 1244 [A.D. 1828]., Ethé, H. India Office, 972(3), Good nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in colors on leaf 1 verso; with crude full-page miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry
Copied on A.H. 17 Rabi al-Avval 1103 [A.H. 1692] in Jalalabad., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; with several miniatures in colors., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and The love of Mihr (Sun) and Mushtari (Jupiter), a romance in verse. Beginning missing.
