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[Painted manuscript leaves].

Title	[Painted manuscript leaves].
Publication Date:	1850
Subject	Persian poetry. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	2 leaves : paper reinforced by card, color illustrations ; 218 x 140 (62 x 88) mm manuscript
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Library Asset ID	Call Number: MS Or 152b
Record ID	13622992
Library Location	Online
Date	1850
Notes	Manuscript leaves. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Modern foliation added, beginning with 10 (f. 10-11). Layout: 15 lines in two columns. Script: Written in nasta'līq in black ink; pointed. Decoration : Two simple paintings in opaque watercolor. Each painting is of a person in pink garb on a green, hilly background with blue sky. One person is bald, standing, wearing sandals, a green cloak and a rope belt with two objects hanging from it holding a staff. The other is wearing a brown cloak and shoes and a white turban with a feather in it, holding a finger bowl and is seated next to a flask. Origin: Items are undated, but likely created in the late 19th or early 20th century. Shelfmark: MS Or 152b. Two unrelated manuscripts previously housed with this item have been separately cataloged as MS Or 152a and MS Or 152c. Also available as a digital facsimile. Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
Sample Text	Two manuscript leaves which have been pasted onto card and painted on the reverse, likely for sale as miniatures to tourists.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında	Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1078438698

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[Painted manuscript leaves].

Publication Date 1850

Subject Persian poetry. Manuscripts, Persian.

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 2 leaves : paper reinforced by card, color illustrations ; 218 x 140 (62 x 88) mm manuscript

Library Columbia University Libraries

Library Asset ID Call Number: MS Or 152b

Record ID 13622992

Library Location Online

Date 1850

Notes Manuscript leaves. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Modern foliation added, beginning with 10 (f. 10-11). Layout: 15 lines in two columns. Script: Written in nasta'līq in black ink; pointed. Decoration : Two simple paintings in opaque watercolor. Each painting is of a person in pink garb on a green, hilly background with blue sky. One person is bald, standing, wearing sandals, a green cloak and a rope belt with two objects hanging from it holding a staff. The other is wearing a brown cloak and shoes and a white turban with a feather in it, holding a finger bowl and is seated next to a flask. Origin: Items are undated, but likely created in the late 19th or early 20th century. Shelfmark: MS Or 152b. Two unrelated manuscripts previously housed with this item have been separately cataloged as MS Or 152a and MS Or 152c. Also available as a digital facsimile. Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Sample Text Two manuscript leaves which have been pasted onto card and painted on the reverse, likely for sale as miniatures to tourists.

Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1078438698