Detail View: Rylands Collection: Persian MS binding
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Image Number:
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JRL022882tr
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Reference Number:
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Persian MS 35
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Image Title:
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Persian MS binding
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Parent Work Title:
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Khamsa (Quintet)
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Creator:
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Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1628 [1037 AH]
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper cover
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Description:
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Original leather binding: gilt panels in relief, showing birds and animals around a tree; leather panels with verses in 'nasta'liq' script.
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Support:
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Leather
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Iran
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Item Height:
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253 mm
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Item Width:
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157 mm
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Item Depth:
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42 mm
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000. B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980).
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Image Creation Technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, December 2004
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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