Author
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203, Nizāmī Ganjavī, Ẓahīr al-Dawlah, Muḥammad Nāṣir Khān Qājār, -1877 or 1878, Zahir al-Dawlah, Muhammad Nasir Khan Qājār,
Author Original
نظامي گنجوي ظهير الدوله، محمد ناصر خان قاجار،
Publication Date
1824
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Epic poetry, Persian -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
347 leaves : paper ; 305 x 190 (220 x 120) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194830818
Record ID
990068063060106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1824
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: "In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful is the key to the treasure of the Wise", Explicit: "Thousands of greetings and thousands of salutations to Muhammad, peace be upon him", Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "On the date of the city of Rabi al-Awwal, completion was accepted in the year 1240"., Collation: ii, IV-1(7), 13 IV(111), III (117), 5 IV(157), IV+2(167), 22 IV(343), II (347), ii; chiefly quaternions; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page; written area divided into four columns to set off poetry; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq; sans serif characteristic descent of words to baseline; fully pointed to convention., Decoration: On the incipit and facing page for each work, an elaborate double-page opening illumination (`unwān) appears, dominated by an illuminated headpiece; each is unique and exquisitely rendered in varying proportions of lapis lazuli, gold, red, light blue, black, white, pink, and orange; text is surrounded by gold cloud-bands; the first two of the ʻunwans/ʻanāwīn (pp. 2-3 and fol.58-9) include a headpiece with dome-shaped central design in a large, framed well over a small rectangular panel with cartouche and an elaborate marginal decoration consisting of a repeating dome-pattern; all of the figures are covered in a minutely detailed vegetal pattern with tiny flowers; designs are dominated by gold and lapis lazuli; the remaining four ʻunwans/ʻanāwīn (pp.226-7, pp.336-7, pp.454-5, pp.612-13) continue the dome-shaped headpiece design (with variations) in the large well with the cartouche in a lower, rectangular panel; marginal decoration features an unusual, sweeping, elongated, vegetal pattern, executed mainly in gold over a blank background with variously colored, tiny flowers, and long, golden leaves, slightly varied on each of the four frontispieces; written area framed in a series of blue and black fillets and heavy gold band; text rubricated with section titles, colophon, etc. in red. (from description provided by D. Mancini-Lander)., Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm., well-burnished, with what appears to be rib shadows spaced roughly 25 mm. separately flyleaves in European laid paper with chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 27 mm. apart and 10-11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), watermarks include "ALMASSO" (Heawood 3748) and eagle above horse within scrollwork and initials "G M" and "U B" [?] below; some ink/pigment burn; staining (final leaves in particular)., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather (pebble-grained appearance of shagreen); Type III binding (without flap); upper and lower covers carry stamped lobed mandorla, pendants, and corner-pieces with vegetal designs painted in green, red, and pink; Mandorla also features two small birds among the vines and flowers; framed with a gold, vegetal pattern that appears to have been painted free-hand; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, with primaries in red; a few loose leaves falling out; worked endbands in white and blue; largely in good condition with secure leaves, well-preserved design, etc. however spine leather is cracking, splitting and loss of spine leather; housed in custom box., Origin: As appears on fol.347a (p.693), transcription apparently finished 1st of Rabī` I 1240 [ca. 24 October 1824]. Copyist is unnamed but a patronage statement ("Hasb al-Hakam...") also on fol.347a (p.693) indicates that the manuscript was copied for Muḥammad Nāṣir Khān Qājār, Ẓahīr al-Dawlah (d.1877 or 8)., Faded, illegible rectangular seal impression on fol.1a (p.1); fairly clean copy free of marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 287
Sample Text
Exquisite copy of Niẓāmī's Khamsah (quintet) with Makhzan al-Asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylī va Majnūn, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarʹnāmah (Sharafʹnāmah and Iqbālʹnāmah). Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ẓahīr al-Dawlah, Muḥammad Nāṣir Khān Qājār, -1877 or 1878, patron.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Brocade of the pen : the art of Islamic writing. Carol Garrett Fisher, ed. (East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1991), no.7, p.83, Zakariya, Mohamed. "Islamic calligraphy: A technical overview." In Brocade of the pen: the art of Islamic writing. Carol Garrett Fisher, ed. (East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1991): 1-17, Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p. 564 ff.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
