Author
Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505. Kāshifī, Husayn Waiz, 1504 or 1505.
Author Original
كاشفي، حسين واعظ، أو
Publication Date
1816
Subject
Persian literature > 747-1500. Fables, Persian. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
i, 340, i leaves : laid paper, illustrations, illuminations ; 205 x 135 (145 x 95) mm, bound to 210 x 140 x 40 mm manuscript.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
14734517
Library Location
Online
Date
1816
Notes
Manuscript codex. Title from introduction (f. 6r). Layout: 15 long lines; border-ruled; catchwords each verso, lower left. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red (f. 1v) with illuminated foliate, polychrome marginal fill with the text on cloudbands on first opening (f. 1v-2r); textblock border-ruled in gold; rubrications in red; 39 color illustrations. Origin: Copy completed on 18 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1231 AH [18 March 1816 CE] by Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Jaʻfar al-Iṣfahānī (f. 340v). Shelfmark: X892.8 B472. Typewritten description of the manuscript by Abraham Yohannan laid in. Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran. Lacquered boards; outside covers depict a single plant with several large flowers in orange and blue on a black field with a frame; inside covers depict plant with yellow flowers on a red field with black frame.
Sample Text
Persian adaptation of animal fables.
Erişim ve Kullanım
Digital version available with no restrictions
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Iṣfahānī, Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Jaʻfar, active 1816, scribe. اصفهاني، صادق بن محمد جعفر، active 1816, scribe. Cochran, Alexander Smith, 1874-1929, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1149541515
