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ECOM 21

Author

Title



Khamsah-ʼi Niẓāmī [manuscript].

Varying form of title

Other title: The five famous masnavis of Nizami.

Publication, distribution, etc.

Tabriz : ca. 1530.

Physical description

1 v. : ill. ; 324 x 209 mm.

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Material: chart.

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Format: codex.

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Decoration: contains 49 miniatures, of these two from the early Safavid period (ca. 1530), one from the Qajar period (1798-1834) and 45 dating to c.1600-20. Opening double page of illumination replaced in 19th century.

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Handwriting: Fine nasta'liq.

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Number of leaves: 322 ff.

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Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هست کلید در گنج حکیم.

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Exhibited: V & A, London, 1951. Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, 1977.

Note

The manuscript was remarginated in the early 19th century, and several leaves were added where others had been removed, as has the final leaf with the colophon. At the same time one miniature of Khusraw (on f. 75 verso) was added. (Quarrie 1990).

Citation/references note

Manuscript description based on M.S.Q. Fraser, Islamic manuscripts in the Eton College Library, 1996.

Citation/references note

B.W. Robinson, Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Persian Miniature Paintings from British Collections, London, 1951 no. 36.

Citation/references note

B.W. Robinson, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Persian Paintings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1958 p. 86.

Citation/references note

R. Hillenbrand, Imperia/ Images in Persian Painting, Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, 1977 no. 183.

Citation/references note

P. Quarrie, Treasures of Eton College Library: 550 years of collecting, edited by M.F. Robinson, New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1990 p. 73 no. 96.

Provenance

Probably given by Major W.J. Myers.

Provenance

Booklabel of Eton College Library on the back pastedown with no. 1 written in pencil.

Binding

Modern red morocco binding (Type III) with gold concentric frames on boards; blue endpapers; label with no. 767 on the back board.

Subject

Persian poetry 747-1500.

Subject

Masnavis, Persian Iran.

Added entry--name

Added entry--place

Iran Tabriz.

Language code

fa

Identifier

B51638
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