COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_10
Reference Number:
Persian MS 10
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
An album of calligraphy
Creator:
Muḥammad ‘Alī
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1785 [1200 AH]
Description:
This volume contains 40 mounted calligraphy specimens in various styles, chiefly by the celebrated Lucknow master Muḥammad ‘Alī, all mounted on elaborately painted margins. Swiss mercenary Colonel Antoine-Louis-Henri Polier (d. 1795) commissioned it as a gift to his friend Sir William Jones (d. 1794), in whose honour it contains an ode on folio 1a dated 1200 AH (1785–86 CE), the latest in the volume. The compositions and their arrangement both closely follow another album that Polier also intended for Jones, but kept by its courier Warren Hastings (d. 1818), now held in the National Art Library (MSL/1858/4765). In addition to Muḥammad ‘Alī, the volume also features specimens signed by Murīd Khān Ṭabāṭabā'
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Calligraphy, Persian
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
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
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