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Risālah-i Tawḍīḥ al-alḥān. A message clarifying melodies.
( رساله توضيح الالحان)

Title	Risālah-i Tawḍīḥ al-alḥān. A message clarifying melodies.
Title Original	رساله توضيح الالحان
Author	Ruhbānī, scribe., Maḥmūd, Sult̤ān, associated name., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner., Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania), رهبانى،, scribe., محمود،, associated name.
Author Original	رهبانى، محمود،
Publication Date:	1600
Publication Place	[Iran], [between 1600 and 1699?] -
Subject	Music., Music--Early works to 1800., Music theory--India--Early works to 1800., Music theory., India.
Type	Document
Language	fas,hin,san
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	67 leaves : paper ; 320 x 198 (216 x 122) mm bound to 327 x 200 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	122492315
Record ID	9951469233503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1600
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from introduction (p. 3)., Pagination: Paper, i + 67 + ii; [1-134], modern pagination in pencil, lower center., Layout: Written in 9 long lines; text block outlined., Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed., Decoration: Diagrams in red ink (p. 8, 10, 21, 23-25, 47, 50, 53, 56-58, 65, 67); later illuminated headpiece and border (p. 1); textblock border-ruled in blue, red, green, gold; rubrications in red., Binding: Contemporary Safavid silk with a repeating pattern of a female musician, rebacked in morocco; gold and silver painted floral doublure., Origin: Likely written in Persia, now Iran, in the 17th century. \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Persian, with final pages in Hindi and using Sanskrit words. \| Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 42, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text	Treatise on music or melody, adapted by the Persian scribe Ruhbānī from a treatise written for the Sultan Maḥmūd of the Bahamanids, a Deccani dynasty. The final pages in Hindi use Sanskrit terms and include a discussion of the female personification of music and aspects of Rāgamālās.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 425.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 32 (LJS 425).
Tür	Manuscripts, Persian., Manuscripts, 17th century., Manuscripts, Digital., codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises

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Risālah-i Tawḍīḥ al-alḥān. A message clarifying melodies.

( رساله توضيح الالحان)

Author Ruhbānī, scribe., Maḥmūd, Sult̤ān, associated name., Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner., Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania), رهبانى،, scribe., محمود،, associated name.

Author Original رهبانى، محمود،

Publication Date 1600

Publication Place [Iran], [between 1600 and 1699?] -

Subject Music., Music--Early works to 1800., Music theory--India--Early works to 1800., Music theory., India.

Type Document

Language fas,hin,san

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 67 leaves : paper ; 320 x 198 (216 x 122) mm bound to 327 x 200 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 122492315

Record ID 9951469233503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1600

Notes Ms. codex., Title from introduction (p. 3)., Pagination: Paper, i + 67 + ii; [1-134], modern pagination in pencil, lower center., Layout: Written in 9 long lines; text block outlined., Script: Written in clear nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed., Decoration: Diagrams in red ink (p. 8, 10, 21, 23-25, 47, 50, 53, 56-58, 65, 67); later illuminated headpiece and border (p. 1); textblock border-ruled in blue, red, green, gold; rubrications in red., Binding: Contemporary Safavid silk with a repeating pattern of a female musician, rebacked in morocco; gold and silver painted floral doublure., Origin: Likely written in Persia, now Iran, in the 17th century. | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Persian, with final pages in Hindi and using Sanskrit words. | Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 42, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Sample Text Treatise on music or melody, adapted by the Persian scribe Ruhbānī from a treatise written for the Sultan Maḥmūd of the Bahamanids, a Deccani dynasty. The final pages in Hindi use Sanskrit terms and include a discussion of the female personification of music and aspects of Rāgamālās.

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 425.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 32 (LJS 425).

Tür Manuscripts, Persian., Manuscripts, 17th century., Manuscripts, Digital., codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises