Author
Isfahan
Publication Date
c. 1650-1660
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
263 mm x 158 mm x 13 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 269
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
c. 1650-1660
Notes
Burning and Melting (Sūz u Gawdāz) by Naw`ī Khabushānī (d. 1610). Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-sprinkled paper, later binding with lacquer vignettes in each doublure, 29 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sawlawh, fol. 1v), gold-painted foliate borders (fols. 1v-2r) and 12 paintings, Burning and Melting (Sūz u Gawdāz) by Muḥammad Reẓā Khabushānī known as Naw`ī (d. 1610, Burhanpur), poem composed in India for Mughal prince Daniyal (1581-1614), son of Akbar, paintings unsigned, text copied by `Abd al-Rashīd, Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1650-1660, later binding c. 1800-1825.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Varnish
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script