COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_908
Reference Number:
Persian MS 908
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Kulliyat
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Kullīyāt
Creator:
Urfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad, 1555 or 6-1590 or 91
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1628 [1038 AH]
Description:
Modern scarlet leather slip-case. Magnificent contemporary binding very similar to that of Persian MS 35 (the gilt panels on the outer faces are from the same die) and no doubt from the same workshop; the panels of inscription of cut-out and inlaid coloured leather and the superb cut-out work on the doublures are particularly noteworthy. 271 ff. Fine nasta'liq in 2 columns of 17 lines to the page. Gold sprinkled written surface 130 mm x 60 mm. Magnificent illuminated heading on f 2b and margins of this opening fully illuminated. Other illuminated headings of equally fine quality and with richly decorated margins on ff 66b, 131b, 141b and 253b. Decorations in the text throughout. Colophon on f 270a, dated Tuesday 8 Rabi' II 1038/5 December 1628, by the scribe Muhammad Husayn Dar-al-Marzi, called Qazi. This is among the finest seventeenth century manuscripts and is in pristine condition throughout. There are two double page miniatures at the beginning and end, both enclosed in magnificent illuminated borders, which could well be by the same hand as ff 2a, 318b and 319a in Persian MS 35 though much better preserved.
Keyword:
Persian poetry; Persian literature; Miniatures; Illumination
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Persian poetry
Subject:
Persian literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Iran: Eşfahān
Style Period:
Safawid period
Style Period:
Shiraz style
Item Height:
222 mm
Item Width:
123 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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):
2015-11-05
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2015-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands