COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_21
Reference Number:
Persian MS 21
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Mas̲navī
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Spiritual Couplets
Creator:
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Bāyazīd
Creator Role:
Editor
Date Created:
1633-1635 [1043-1045 AH]
Description:
This copy of the Mas̲navī-i Ma‘navī (Spiritual Couplets) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207–1273) opens with a brief Arabic preface and contains six lavishly illuminated carpet page openings indicating the start of each of the book within the volume. Although he did not date all of them, a scribe named Bāyazīd signed his name in the final colophon, and also describes how completed various books within this volume between 1043 and 1044 AH (1633–35 CE).
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Persian poetry--747-1500
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
295 mm
Item Width:
173 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
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2022-06-21
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands