Collected poems., Ethe, H. India Office,, Islamic binding, in black., Modern (19th century) nastaliq; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso and 2 recto., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art, and With numerous miniatures.
Ethe, H. India Office,, Islamic binding, in black., Masnavi poem; part of the Khamsah quintet. Incomplete at end., Modern (19th century) nastaliq; with crude miniatures in colors., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 3rd of Kislev 5649 (1888) at Yerushalem. Document has a scalloped top with two registers. The lower register contains the text of the ketubah and the upper register contains a vase and branches with flowers. The two registers are bordered by a design of blue leaves with red and yellow flowers.
Description:
Bride: Rahel [?] bat [?]. and Bridegroom: Nisim Gershon n. [?].
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Nisim Gershon
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Jerusalem and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Haft paykar Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Iskandarnāmah Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Khusraw va Shīrīn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Layli va Majnūn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Makhzan al-asrār
Published / Created:
[18--?].
Call Number:
Persian MSS +86
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Five epic poems (Khusraw va Shīrīn, Makhzan al-asrār, Laylī va Majnūn, Haft paykar, Iskandarnāmah).
Description:
Ethé, H. India Office, 972., Good modern (19th century) nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwāns in colors; with numerous miniatures in colors., Islamic binding, in red, with flap., and Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Subject (Topic):
Persian language and literature--Poetry and Persian poetry
Genealogy of Burhan al-Mulk, founder of the Oudh dynasty. Incomplete at end; lacunae elsewhere., Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1955., Modern (19th century) calligraphic nastaliq. Elaborate unwans in gold and colors., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Nightingale music : written composed and arranged for Christine Millie, the two-headed nightingale
Description:
Detached (?) title page listing 7 songs illustated with portrait of the conjoined African-American twins Millie-Christine in brown, black and white lithographed by "Royle, lith. Manchester."
Publisher:
Published by Emery, 408 Oxford Street, London, and Hime & Addison, Manchester
Subject (Name):
Millie-Christine, 1851-1912 and Wilson, William, active 1845-1890. Nightingale music
Subject (Topic):
African American singers--Pictorial works, African American women--Pictorial works, and Conjoined twins--Pictorial works
Nathaniel Jocelyn's autograph manuscript description of the mahogany palette used by the American portrait painter Gilbert Stuart based on Jocelyn's visit with Stuart in August 1823. The description includes a list of the colors used by Stuart, notes on Stuart's techniques for portraying hair and skin tones, and diagrams for comparing the palettes of Stuart and the painter Washington Allston; Jocelyn also records Allston's comments on Stuart's palette.
Description:
Accompanied by a typed letter, signed (October 13, 1939), from John Hill Morgan to Yale University librarian Bernard Knollenberg giving the provenance of the manuscript., Caption title: Stewart's Pallet August 1823., Gift of John Hill Morgan, 1939., In English., and Nathaniel Jocelyn (1796-1881), American painter and engraver, born and died in New Haven, Connecticut.
Subject (Name):
Allston, Washington,--1779-1843, Jocelyn, Nathaniel,--1796-1881, Knollenberg, Bernhard,--1892-1973, Morgan, John Hill,--1870-1945, and Stuart, Gilbert,--1755-1828
Subject (Topic):
Art, American--19th century, Artists--United States, and Portrait painting, American