Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry
Author's name (abdi laqab-i Ghulam Sayyid bih-nam-i Abd al-Qadir) appears at end., Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore, 1955., Modern (19th century) calligraphic nastaliq, in black and gold., Poem, apparently in praise of Shah Jahan., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Jami, 1414-1492, creator Samarqandi, Sultan Muhammad ibn Dust
Published / Created:
[1569]
Call Number:
Persian MSS 11
Image Count:
4
Description:
Copied in Samarqand in A.H. Jumada al-Ula 977 [A.D. 1569] by Sultan Muhammad ibn Dust Muhammad Samarqandi., Ethe, H. India Office,, Gift of Louis M. Rabinowitz, 1949., Good nastaliq, in gold, red, and black. Unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso. Five full-page miniatures (44v, 75v, 91r, 119v, 124r)., Masnavi poem; part of the Haft awrang collection., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Copied during A.H. 975-976 [A.D. 1568]., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., Sufi poem of Naqshabandi doxology; part of Haft awrang., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Fair nastaʻlīq, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Copied in A.H. 19 Rabīʻ al-Avval-25 Muḥarram 1009-1011 [A.D. 1600-1602] by ʻAbd al-Khāliq ibn Ismāʻīl Ḥāfiẓ., Islamic binding, in black, with flap., and In manuscript on leaf 1 recto: "Tho[mas] Marriott, min Muʻizz al-Dīn. Given me by Sultaun Moiz udden 4th Son of Tippo Sultaun." With Marriott's bookplate.
Epic Poem; book II, beginning with the struggle between Rustam and Kamus., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Epic poem; a fragment only., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fairly modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors., Islamic binding, in red., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Epic poem; a fragment only., Ethe, H. India Office,, Modern (18th century) nastaliq, in red and black; with two miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Firdawsi., creator Ibn Abi al-Qasim, Abd al-Muzannib Hajji Muhammad ibn Nur al-Din Muhammad
Published / Created:
[1653]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +87
Image Count:
3
Description:
Copied on A.H. 22 Rajab 1063 [A.D. 1653] by Abd al-Muzannib Hajji Muhammad ibn Nur al-Din Muhammad ibn Hajji Muhammad ibn Abu [sic] al-Qasim., Epic poem; beginning missing., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; with two large miniatures., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
Firdawsi., creator Zanji, Ibn Shah Mahmud, Jamal al-Din
Published / Created:
[1622 or 1623]
Call Number:
Persian MSS +89
Image Count:
6
Description:
Copied in A.H. 1032 [A.D. 1622 or 1623] by Ibn Shah Mahmud Jamal al-Din Zangi., Epic poem; beginning missing., Ethe, H. India Office,, Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors; numerous large miniatures in colors., Islamic binding, in green., Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949., and Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
