COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_31
Reference Number:
Persian MS 31
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Gūy va chawgān
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Ḥālnāmah
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Ball and Polo Stick, or, The Book of Ecstasy
Creator:
ʻĀrifī, -approximately 1449
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
16th century [late]
Description:
Illustrated copy of the Gūy va Chawgān (Ball and Polo Stick) or Ḥālnāmah (Book of Ecstasy), a Sufi mystical text by ʻĀrifī Haravī (d. ca. 1449), probably completed in Shaybanid-era Bukhara in the latter half of the 16th century CE.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Persian poetry--747-1500
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
271 mm
Item Width:
170 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Provenance:
Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
Provenance:
Oliver, William, -1847, former owner
Provenance:
Clarke, Adam, approximately 1762-1832, former owner
Provenance:
Clarke, Joseph Butterworth Bulmer, -1855, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-05-24
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands