Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings

İsim	Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings
Basım Tarihi:	c. 1430
Tür	Belge
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	253 mm x 282 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	Per 120
Lokasyon	Persian collection
Tarih	c. 1430
Notlar	Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings. The golden calligraphy at the heart of this elaborate composition describes the main text to follow, a collection of "fine and rare phrases" and "pearls and jewels of ideas", compiled on the orders of Timurid prince Baysunghur (d. 1433), a celebrated book-lover and art patron. Unfortunately the first two pages (CBL Per 120.1 and Per 120.2) are all that now remains. Detached folio, pigments and gold on gold-flecked paper, re-mounted later, Arabic text in thuluth and kufic scripts, ogival medallion with cartouche below, framed within illuminated borders, one half of a double-page composition, frontispiece from an otherwise lost manuscript dedicated to Timurid prince Baysunghur, Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1430.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Thuluth script

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Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings

Basım Tarihi c. 1430

Tür Belge

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 253 mm x 282 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası Per 120

Lokasyon Persian collection

Tarih c. 1430

Notlar Frontispiece from Prince Baysunghur's Anthology of Wise Sayings. The golden calligraphy at the heart of this elaborate composition describes the main text to follow, a collection of "fine and rare phrases" and "pearls and jewels of ideas", compiled on the orders of Timurid prince Baysunghur (d. 1433), a celebrated book-lover and art patron. Unfortunately the first two pages (CBL Per 120.1 and Per 120.2) are all that now remains. Detached folio, pigments and gold on gold-flecked paper, re-mounted later, Arabic text in thuluth and kufic scripts, ogival medallion with cartouche below, framed within illuminated borders, one half of a double-page composition, frontispiece from an otherwise lost manuscript dedicated to Timurid prince Baysunghur, Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1430.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Thuluth script