Publication Date
c. 1450
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
169 mm x 70 mm x 26 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 185
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
c. 1450
Notes
Anthology (majmū`) of Eleven Persian Poets. This book’s narrow format was popular for small volumes of poetry. With a flexible binding, the manuscript could be held open in one hand, and read anywhere. Codex in safina format, ink, colours and gold on paper, 209 folios, leather bookbinding, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated headings, columns and marginal motifs, and borders with stencilled, painted and stained designs, Anthology (majmū`) of Persian poetry, by Farīd-al-dīn ʿAṭṭār (d. 1221), `Imād al-Dīn Faqīh of Kerman (d. 1371), `Iṣmat of Bukhara (d. 1426), Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 1273), Amīr Khusrau Dihlavī (d. 1325), Shaykh Awḥadī of Isfahan (d. 1338), Ḥāfeẓ (d. 1390), Khwāju Kirmāni (d. 1349), Salmān Sāvajī (d. 1378), Kamāl Khujandī (d. 1400) and Kamāl al-Dīn Ṭālib (d. 1449), incomplete text, unsigned, Shiraz, Iran, undated, c. 1450.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Nasta`liq script
