COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_23
Reference Number:
Persian MS 23
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Yūsuf va Zulaykhā
Translated Parent Work Title:
Joseph and Zulaikha
Creator:
‘Abd al-Raḥman Jāmī, 1414-1492
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Muḥammad Amīn bin ‘Abd Allāh
Creator Role:
Scribe
Date Created:
1550 [957 AH]
Description:
A Safavid-era scribe named Muḥammad Amīn bin ‘Abd Allāh completed this manuscript of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Jāmī (d. 1492), a mystical love story based on the biblical tale of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in 957 AH (1550–51 CE). It features a lavishly illuminated opening, three illustrations, immaculately copied nasta‘līq script text sprayed with gold, and the original lacquered binding with leather filigree doublures. However, a restorer subsequently reversed the boards so that the exteriors now fit the interiors, while what remains of the exteriors preserved inside.
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Subject:
Persian poetry--747-1500
Subject:
Persian literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
241 mm
Item Width:
165 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:
Silvestre de Sacy, Antoine-Isaac, 1758-1838, former owner
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):
2022-11-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2022-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands