Author
Istanbul
Publication Date
1530
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
210 mm x 123 mm x 30 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
T 424
Library Location
Turkish collection
Date
1530
Notes
Anthology (majmū`) of eight Persian poets. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, lacquered bookbinding, 182 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with eight illuminated headings (sarlawh, fols. 2v, 17v, 38v, 60v, 87v, 104v, 136v, 165v) and eight paintings (fols. 1v-2r, 17r, 38r, 60r, 87r, 104r, 136r, 165r), anthology (majmū`) of poetry by Sa`dī (d. 1292), Amīr Khusrau (d. 1325), Khwāja Ḥasan (d. 1327), Ḥāfiẓ (d. 1390), Amīr Shāhī (d. 1453), Jāmī (d. 1492), Kātibī (d. 1434) and Mawlānā Mānī, each poet’s verses presented in alphabetical order of their final rhyming letter, copied by Ḥājjī Muḥammad al-Kātib, Istanbul, Turkey, undated, c. 1530.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Varnish, Lacquer
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Nasta`liq script
