Album of Forty Specimens of Calligraphy

Name: Album of Forty Specimens of Calligraphy
Author: Various Authors

Title	Album of Forty Specimens of Calligraphy
Author	Various Authors
Subject	Calligraphy, Persian
Type	Book
Language	fas,ara
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	40 interleaved folios, 9 flyleaves (ff. ix + 40 [+40 interleavings] + vii) . Dimensions (leaf): 342 × 262 mm.
Library:	FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID	Persian MS 10
Record ID	6575
Library Location	The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester
Notes	This volume contains contains forty mounted and interleaved calligraphy specimens in various styles, chiefly by the celebrated Lucknow master Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā (fl. ca. 1760–1800) , all mounted on elaborately painted margins. Swiss mercenary Colonel Antoine-Louis-Henri Polier (1741–1795) commissioned it as a gift to his friend Sir William Jones (1746–1794) , in whose honour it contains an ode on folio 1a dated 1200 AH (1785–1786 CE), the latest in the volume. The compositions and their arrangement both closely follow another album that Polier also intended for Jones, but kept by its courier Warren Hastings (1732–1818) , now held in the National Art Library ( MSL/1858/4765 ). The volume also features specimens signed by Muḥammad Ṣādiq Murīd Khān Ṭabāṭabā' (fl. ca. 1735–1785) , Muḥammad Ja‘far Kifāyat Khān (d. 1683) , and Muḥammad Ibrāhīm (fl. late 18th c.) .
Sample Text	(beginning) الا ای صاحب ما سر ولیم جونس * قوی از عدل تو احکام عیسی \| هنر دگر آسمان گردد مفخر * بدوران چو تو جستیس دانا
Koleksiyon	Persian Manuscripts
Biçim	codex

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Album of Forty Specimens of Calligraphy

Author Various Authors

Subject Calligraphy, Persian

Type Book

Language fas,ara

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 40 interleaved folios, 9 flyleaves (ff. ix + 40 [+40 interleavings] + vii) . Dimensions (leaf): 342 × 262 mm.

Library FIHRIST Library

Library Asset ID Persian MS 10

Record ID 6575

Library Location The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester

Notes This volume contains contains forty mounted and interleaved calligraphy specimens in various styles, chiefly by the celebrated Lucknow master Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā (fl. ca. 1760–1800) , all mounted on elaborately painted margins. Swiss mercenary Colonel Antoine-Louis-Henri Polier (1741–1795) commissioned it as a gift to his friend Sir William Jones (1746–1794) , in whose honour it contains an ode on folio 1a dated 1200 AH (1785–1786 CE), the latest in the volume. The compositions and their arrangement both closely follow another album that Polier also intended for Jones, but kept by its courier Warren Hastings (1732–1818) , now held in the National Art Library ( MSL/1858/4765 ). The volume also features specimens signed by Muḥammad Ṣādiq Murīd Khān Ṭabāṭabā' (fl. ca. 1735–1785) , Muḥammad Ja‘far Kifāyat Khān (d. 1683) , and Muḥammad Ibrāhīm (fl. late 18th c.) .

Sample Text (beginning) الا ای صاحب ما سر ولیم جونس * قوی از عدل تو احکام عیسی | هنر دگر آسمان گردد مفخر * بدوران چو تو جستیس دانا

Koleksiyon Persian Manuscripts

Biçim codex