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Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī

Title	Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī
Publication Date:	1649 (1059H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	188 mm x 109 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 274.3
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1649 (1059H)
Notes	Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī. Folio, ink, colours and gold on light blue gold-dusted paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with gold-painted borders illustrated with figures in the foliate scrollwork (on recto only) and animals in foliage (verso, possibly added later), from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī, copied by Nāṣir Kitābdār, produced for Abū al-Manṣūr `Abd al-`Azīz Bahādur Khān (r. 1645-80, colophon on folio CBL Per 174.168v), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, dated 1059H, 1649
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta`liq script

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Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī

Publication Date 1649 (1059H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 188 mm x 109 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 274.3

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1649 (1059H)

Notes Opening folio from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī. Folio, ink, colours and gold on light blue gold-dusted paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with gold-painted borders illustrated with figures in the foliate scrollwork (on recto only) and animals in foliage (verso, possibly added later), from the Garden (Būstān), by Sa`dī, copied by Nāṣir Kitābdār, produced for Abū al-Manṣūr `Abd al-`Azīz Bahādur Khān (r. 1645-80, colophon on folio CBL Per 174.168v), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, dated 1059H, 1649

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script