Collection of tales., Copied in A.H. 1226 [A.D. 1811] in Benares., Ethe, H. India Office,, Gift of Thomas E. Marston, 1958., Good nastaliq, in red, green, blue, and black. Unwans in gold and colors; with 16 colored miniatures., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Collection of tales., Copied on A.H. 28 Jumada al-Sani 1257 [A.D. 1841]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in color on leaf 1 verso., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
A diorama consisting of 6 lithographed color cardboard leaves, mounted on and connected by cloth accordion folds, that give a perspective view through a peep hole of the transept of the Crystal Palace, built for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
Publisher:
Printed in colours and published for the proprietor by Chas. Moody, 257 High Holborn
Subject (Name):
Crystal Palace (London, England) and Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Exhibition buildings., Exhibitions--England--London--Pictorial works, Peep shows--Specimens., and World's fairs--England--London--1851.
Madani, Yar Muhammad Shaykh Fayz Allah al-Hashimi Taj al-Din Muhammad Sadr, 14th cent, creator
Published / Created:
[1637]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 59
Image Count:
7
Description:
A Hindu tale, retold in prose and verse., Chiefly in Persian, with intermittent prose and verse in Arabic; colophon is in Arabic., Copied on A.H. 2 Ramazan 1[0]46 [A.D. 1637] by Yar Muhammad Shaykh Fayz Allah al-Hashimi al-Madani. A note on leaf 1 recto is dated A.H. 1119 [A.D. 1707 or 1708], hence the missing figure in the date of the colophon would seem to be a zero., Good naskhi, in red and black. Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; with five colored miniatures., Islamic binding, in brown., Paginated 1-341 (291-299 omitted; first and last page not numbered)., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Rieu, C. Persian manuscripts,, and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art