COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_3
Reference Number:
Persian MS 3
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Aja' ib al-Makhluqat
Translated Parent Work Title:
Marvels of things created
Creator:
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Shamsa
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Role:
Calligrapher
Date Created:
1632 [1041 AH]
Description:
Important Persian work on cosmology. 256ff. Contemporary binding of black morocco with fine stamped gilt medallions (flowers) and pendants (rabbits). Doublures of crimson leather, with medallions and pendants of gold cut-out work on blue, green and vermillion backgrounds. At the beginning are two Persian seals, with short librarians' entries: 1. Pitifat 'Ali Khan; 2. Mu'izz al-Dawla Bahadur Khan (?) dates 1162/1749; one of the inscriptions appears to records the gift of the manuscript from the first to the second. The colour of the ff varies from cream through coffee to several shades of green. Good calligraphic nasta'liq, 21 lines to the page. An extremely fine illuminated heading at the beginning of the text, the central medallion left unpainted. Colophon on f. 259a signed by Shamsa and dated 12 Dhu'l-hijja 1041/30 June 1632. The 355 miniatures, which exemplify the mature Isfahan style, maintain a high standard of execution throughout.
Keyword:
Persian manuscripts; Illuminated manuscript; Cosmology; Solar system; Heavenly bodies; Persian poetry; Calligraphy; Miniatures; Binding
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Cosmography
Subject:
Natural History
Subject:
Heaven in literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Creation Site:
Iran: Eşfahān
Style Period:
Safawid period
Style Period:
Mature Isfahan style
Item Height:
342 mm
Item Width:
178 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-09-14
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Educational Notes:
Exhibition: The Alchemy of Colour
Academic Project Lead:
Carol Burrows
Academic Project Lead:
Elaine Sheldon
Collection Code:
Rylands