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Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma)

Title	Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma)
Publication Date:	1517 (923H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	250 mm x 173 mm x 9 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 232
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1517 (923H)
Notes	Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma). Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-dusted paper, with lacquered pasteboard covers, 10 folios, Persian script in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), painting (fol. 5v, pasted in later, half of a double page composition), and pink borders with gold-painted designs of birds in scrollwork, floral trellis or animals on scrollwork throughout, lacquer covers with paired bird design, Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma), instructions from the Prophet to Imām `Alī, colophon (fol. 10r) signed Shāh Maḥmūd Nishāpūrī, probably Tabriz, Iran, dated 923H, 1517.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Varnish, Lacquer
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Shah Mahmud Nishapuri Zarin Qalam, Tabriz (probably)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma)

Publication Date 1517 (923H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 250 mm x 173 mm x 9 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 232

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1517 (923H)

Notes Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma). Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-dusted paper, with lacquered pasteboard covers, 10 folios, Persian script in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), painting (fol. 5v, pasted in later, half of a double page composition), and pink borders with gold-painted designs of birds in scrollwork, floral trellis or animals on scrollwork throughout, lacquer covers with paired bird design, Book of Testaments (Vaṣiyyatnāma), instructions from the Prophet to Imām `Alī, colophon (fol. 10r) signed Shāh Maḥmūd Nishāpūrī, probably Tabriz, Iran, dated 923H, 1517.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Varnish, Lacquer

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Shah Mahmud Nishapuri Zarin Qalam, Tabriz (probably)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script