Author
Gulāb Rāʼī, Fadwá, active 19th century
Publication Date
[1823-1858?]
Publication Place
India -
Subject
Manuscripts, Sanskrit., Manuscripts, Persian., Calligraphy, Persian., Manuscripts, Sanskrit., Manuscripts, Persian., Calligraphy, Persian, Calligraphy, Persian /Specimens., Calligraphy (visual works), Miniatures (paintings), Manuscripts (documents), Codices (bound manuscripts), Specimens., calligraphy (visual works), miniatures (paintings), Illuminations (painting), manuscripts (documents), codices (bound manuscripts)
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
ii, 42, i leaves : paper ; 183 x 115 (112 x 67) mm, bound to 192 x 115 mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
102861178
Date
[1823-1858?]
Notes
Shelfmark: X892.8 M311. Origin: Item is undated, but likely copied in the 19th century. The colophon states that the author and calligrapher is Fadwá Gulāb Rāʼī, an inhabitant of Tajganj [Agra], and a student at the Madrasah of Sarkar Faiz East India Company (Angrez Bahadur) (f. 42r). Probably the Agra College, founded in 1823. Decoration: Numerous illustrations and calligraphic examples with floral borders; page openings with content are frame-ruled in black or red. Script: Written primarily in styles of nastaʻlīq in black or red ink; pointed. Layout: Various; leaves numbered in Hindu-Arabic numerals in red ink, upper left recto. Title supplied by cataloger. Manuscript codex. Also available as a digital facsimile. Formerly owned by Alexander I. Cotheal (stamp f. 1r, 42v).. Set of examples of calligraphy in Persian; two leaves in Sanskrit (f. 31v-32r); leaves are written on one side only; most examples are labeled.
İlgili İsimler
Cotheal, Alexander Isaac, 1804-1894, Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
