COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_10
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Bookreader PersianMS_10
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Reference Number:
Persian MS 10
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Persian MS 10
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Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
An album of calligraphy
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An album of calligraphy
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Creator:
Muḥammad ‘Alī
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Muḥammad ‘Alī
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
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false
Date Created:
1785 [1200 AH]
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1785 [1200 AH]
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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'
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'
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Language Code:
per
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Language:
Persian
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Persian
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Subject:
Calligraphy, Persian
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Calligraphy, Persian
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
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Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
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Support:
Paper
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Paper
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
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Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
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Provenance:
Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
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Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899, former owner
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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
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Rylands
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