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Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri.

Title	Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri.
Publication Date:	c. 1570
Type	Document
Language	ara,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	317 mm x 200 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 231.227
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1570
Notes	Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri. This work describes the biographies of the Prophets in Islam, in chronological order from Adam to Muhammad. Many of these figure in the Christian Bible as well as the Qur'an, including Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses) and Yusuf (Joseph). Here, God saves Maryam (Mary) and her baby son `Isa (Jesus, a Prophet in Islam) from hunger, miraculously reviving a dead palm tree to provide them with dates to eat. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, Arabic text in gold naskh script, painting (on recto), from Stories of the Prophets (Qisas al-anbiya), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri, possibly Qazvin, Iran, undated, c. 1570.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script, Naskh script

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Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri.

Publication Date c. 1570

Type Document

Language ara,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 317 mm x 200 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 231.227

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1570

Notes Maryam (Mary) at the palm tree with baby `Isa (Jesus), from Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri. This work describes the biographies of the Prophets in Islam, in chronological order from Adam to Muhammad. Many of these figure in the Christian Bible as well as the Qur'an, including Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses) and Yusuf (Joseph). Here, God saves Maryam (Mary) and her baby son `Isa (Jesus, a Prophet in Islam) from hunger, miraculously reviving a dead palm tree to provide them with dates to eat. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, Arabic text in gold naskh script, painting (on recto), from Stories of the Prophets (Qisas al-anbiya), by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri, possibly Qazvin, Iran, undated, c. 1570.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script, Naskh script