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Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry

1445

61

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Upper cover - Bottom edge

c. 1450

Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material); Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material); Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material); Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold

Paper (material); Pigment (material); Ink (material); Gold

1445

Unknown

Chester Beatty Library

Nasta'liq script; Thuluth script

4802

Approved Place 2018/Middle East/Iran

Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian Poetry. This slim volume is designed to be held and carried with ease: the book contains a selection of verses by six different poets, written in fine calligraphy. The border designs show pairs of birds and angels, set against stencilled climbing plants. Codex in safina format, ink, colours and gold on paper, 61 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, headings in gold thuluth script, borders with stencilled and painted designs, Anthology (Dīvān) of poetry by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 1273), Farīd-al-dīn ʿAṭṭār (d. 1221), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (d. 1325), `Ubayd Zākānī (d. 1371), Ḥāfeẓ (d. 1390), and Khayāli (d. c.1446, Bukhara), incomplete, unsigned, Iran, undated, c. 1450.

Manuscript

Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian poetry

Per 159

213 mm x 73 mm x 12 mm (height x width x depth)

1445; 1455

Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex

GOOD

Codex

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Chester Beatty Library

Persian (language)

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