مثنويات، مقطعات، ترجىعات، فرديات.

Mas̲navīyāt, muqaṭṭaʻāt, tarjīʻāt, fardīyāt.

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[1412 or 13]
Description
448, i leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 299 x 195 (180-266 x 127-170) mm. bound to 300 x 207 mm.

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    Summary note
    Illuminated anthology of Persian poetry illustrated with thirteen fine, full-page miniatures of the 17th century depicting aristocratic Persian life.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from fol. 1b-2a.
    • Physical description: 19 lines per page, in two columns; written in small nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Marginal texts written on a diagonal. All text framed in blue and gold; main and marginal texts, columns, and poems separated by double gold lines. Catchwords; rubrication on fol. 3b-48b. Light staining and smudging; otherwise in excellent condition.
    • Decoration: On fol. 1b, 2a, two illuminated medallions in gold and color bearing inscriptions giving the contents of the manuscript; pendants contain four words of the title. Small illuminated ʻunwāns in gold and color at the beginning of each text; illuminated endings on fol. 361a, 447a. With thirteen full-page miniatures of the 17th century.
    • Origin: Copy completed by ʻAbd Allāh in 815 H [1412 or 13] (fol. 447a).
    Binding note
    Full black leather with flap; decorated with gold-stamped central mandorla and gold floral pattern which has largely worn off. Maroon leather doublures with leather filigree on blue or green background. According to Moghadam, binding is from the 17th century.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Contents
    • Texts: fol. 3b-79a: Qaṣāyid-i Mawlānā Khvājū
    • fol. 80b-129b: Ghazalīyāt-i Mawlānā Khvājū
    • fol. 130a-361a: Dīvān-i Nizārī
    • fol. 362b-447a: Dīvān-i Amīr Nāṣir Khusraw.
    • Texts on margins: fol. 3b-79a: Ghurrat al-kamāl / [Amīr Khusraw]
    • fol. 80b-92a: Qaṣāyid-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
    • fol. 92b-207b: Ghazalīyāt-i Amīr Khusraw
    • fol. 224a-231b: Rubāʻīyāt-i Mawlānā Nizārī
    • fol. 233b-314b: Dīvān-i Khvājah Ḥasan Dihlavī
    • fol. 316b-361a: Dīvān-i Khvājah ʻIsmat
    • fol. 362b-367a: Dīvān-i Mawlānā Bisāṭī.
    • Miniatures: fol. 2b-3a: [Picnic scenes]
    • fol. 79b: [Palace scene]
    • fol. 80a: [Courtyard scene]
    • fol. 164b: [Outdoor scene with itinerant dervishes]
    • fol. 222b-223a: [Mosque scenes]
    • fol. 315b: [Outdoor scene]
    • fol. 316a: [Courtyard scene]
    • fol. 361b: [Indoor scene]
    • fol. 362a: [Courtyard scene]
    • fol. 447b: [Battle scene]
    • fol. 448a: [Encampment scene].
    Provenance
    On fol. 2a, owner's note and seal of Iḥtishām al-Dawlah, dated 1270 H [1853 or 4]; the same seal also present on fol. 447a. Acquired from Ali-Kuli Khan in 1925 (fol. 1a).
    Source acquisition
    Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
    References
    Moghadam, M. E. et al. Garrett collection, no. 38
    OCLC
    773205138
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