Khamsah, خمسه

Description

Title

Khamsah
خمسه

Creator

Niẓāmī Ganjavī 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
نظامئ گنجه وي

Contributor

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203.

Published / Created

1564.

Publication Place

Place not identified

Abstract

Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Khamsa, by Niẓāmī Ganjavī.

Contains five epic poems: Makhzān al-asrār (ff. 1b-25a), Khusraw va Shīrīn (ff. 26b-94a), Laylī va Majnūn (ff. 95b-145a), Haft Paykar (ff. 146b-203a), Iskandarnāmah (ff. 204b-325a), which consists of two parts: Sharafnāmah-i Iskandarī (ff. 204b-282a) and Iqbālnāmah (ff. 283b-325a). One leaf wanting at text opening

Description

In Persian.
Title from illuminated first page (f. 1a).
According to colophon (f. 282a), Sharafnāmah-i Iskandarī was copied in H. 9 Ramadan 970/2 May 1563 AD.
According to colophon (f. 325a), Iqbālnāmah was copied in H. 971/1564 AD.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 4 columns of 22 lines.
Script: Ta‘līq.
Decoration: Rubrication, headings rubricated in blue. Illustrations on ff. 1a, 25b-26a, 95a, 145b-146a, 203b-204a, 282b-283a.
Binding: Blind tooled brown leather over paper pasteboards; leather doublures, blind-tooled, gold-painted with inlaid colored paper. Rebacked and repaired with bookcloth tape.

Provenance

Source unknown.

Extent

1 item (ii + 325 leaves + ii) : 345 mm x 210 mm

Extent of Digitization

This object has been partially digitized.

Language

Turkish, Ottoman

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Persian MSS suppl. 94

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Early works to 1800
Illuminated manuscripts
Annotations 16th century
Manuscripts, Persian 16thcentury
Persian manuscripts
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Persian
Manuscripts, Persian
Persian language and literature
Persian poetry
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Persian
Manuscripts, Persian > Connecticut > New Haven
Persian language and literature > Early works to 1800
Persian poetry > Early works to 1800
16th century
16thcentury
Persian manuscripts

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Citation: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, Khamsah. General Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 17156237
Object ID (OID): 2042295

Khamsahخمسه