Author
Juvayrī, Muḥammad, active 10th century. جويرى، محمد، active 10th century.
Author Original
جويرى، محمد،
Publication Date
1574
Subject
Manuscripts, Persian. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian > Specimens. Prophets, Pre-Islamic > Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
iii, 228, ii leaves : laid paper, illustrations, illuminations ; 310 x 203 (230 x 120) mm, bound to 320 x 210 mm manuscript.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
ht102861169
Library Location
Online
Date
1574
Notes
Shelfmark: X892.8 Q1 Q [Folio]. Origin: Copy completed in 982 AH by Malik Muḥammad ibn Darvīsh Muḥammad al-Kātib (228r). Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in narrow gold, wide gold and blue; rubrications in red; illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red (f. 1v), 30 color illustrations (f. 7v, 11r, 19r, 22r, 28r, 31v, 36r, 48v, 50v, 52v, 63v, 70r, 75r, 79v, 85v, 90v, 104v, 112v, 114v, 127v, 133r, 139v, 154r, 162r, 167r, 182v, 190v, 198r, 206v, 210r), and an illuminated foliate finispiece in gold (f. 228r). Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Layout: 15 long lines. Title from caption (f. 1v); alternate title from introduction (f. 2r). Manuscript codex. Purchased for Columbia with funds donated by J. Dyneley Prince, James Speyer and Jacob H. Schiff; accessioned 1905 (bookplate inside front cover). Brown leather over pasteboard with marbled paper pastedowns. Milstein, Rachel, Karin Rührdanz and Barbara Schmitz. Stories of the Prophets: Illustrated Manuscripts of Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyāʼ. Costa Mesa, CA. : Mazda Publishers, ©1999.
Sample Text
An illustrated translation into Persian of a collection of stories of the patriarchs and prophets from the creation to the time of Muḥammad. This collection begins by saying the translation was requested by the (fictitious) Sulṭān Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muẓaffar Khān.
Erişim ve Kullanım
Digital version available with no restrictions
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Reinhardt, Carl, 1856-1903, former owner. Kātib, Malik Muḥammad ibn Darvīsh Muḥammad, active 1574, scribe. كاتب، ملك محمد بن درويش محمد، active 1574, scribe. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Köken
Formerly owned by Carl Reinhardt; purchased from his estate.
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1149541444
