Anthology of Persian poetry
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- Object no:
- Per 234
- Title:
- Anthology of Persian poetry
- Calligrapher and production place:
- Muhammad ibn `Ala' al-Din Raza'i
Iran
- Production date:
- 1566 (973H)
- Dimensions:
- 186 mm x 129 mm x 22 mm (height x width x depth)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Persian (language)
- Script type:
- Nasta'liq script
- Collection:
- Persian collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Codex
- Description:
- Anthology of Persian poetry. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 53 folios, gilded leather binding, Persian verses in nasta`liq script, double page borders of two ducks and ten simurghs amid curling clouds (fols. 3v-4r) and illuminated cornerpieces (lachak) throughout, border designs of gold-outlined floral and foliate scrollwork or animals in landscape throughout, anthology of different Persian poets including Sa`di, copied by Muhammad ibn `Ala' al-Din Raza'i, Iran, dated Jumada II 973H, January 1566. Folio 1r has a later owner's seal and signature, Sayyid `Ali Fu'ad, who owned the manuscript in 1278H (1861-62).
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