[Collection of Persian poetry]

Contributor:

Riḍā, Muḥammad ʻAlī walad Qāsim ibn Mawlānā Muḥammad (scribe); Dawlah, Anwār, active 1756 (former owner); Manṣūr, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Ghiyāth al-Dīn (former owner); Mignan, Robert, -1852 (former owner); Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1756

Description:

Collection of ghazals (love poems) and rubāʻīyāt (quatrains) with an introduction.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Anwār al-Dawlah, 1170 A.H. (ownership stamp with date of 1756 or 1757, f. 1r) and Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr (inscription, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by Captain Robert Mignan (ms. 20) of the East India Company and Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 3920; pencil note on front flyleaf, remnants of label on remnants of spine).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 25 November 1968, lot 254, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Formerly owned by Anwar al-Dawlah, 1170 A.H. (ownership stamp with date of 1756 or 1757, f. 1r) and Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr (inscription, f. 1r).

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs44.html

Subject:

Persian poetry -- Early works to 1800; Ghazals, Persian; Persian poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, 18th century; Manuscripts, Digital; Codices (bound manuscripts); Illuminations (painting); Poems

Physical Description:

351 leaves : paper, illuminations; 208 x 116 (132 x 68) mm bound to 208 x 130 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, i + 351 + ii; 1⁶ 2¹⁰( -1) 3⁶ 4⁸ 5⁶ 6¹⁰( -1) 7⁶ 8¹⁰( -1) 9-12⁸ 13⁶ 14¹⁰( -1) 15-29⁸ 30⁸( -1) 31⁸ 32⁶ 33⁸( -1) 34⁶ 35⁸ 36⁸( -1) 37¹⁰( -1) 38⁶ 39-40⁸ 41⁸( -1) 42-43⁸ 44⁶ 45⁸( -1) 46¹⁰( -1). Diagonal catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.; Layout: Written mostly in 2 columns of 14 lines alternating between horizontal and diagonal, a few pages with long lines instead; text block framed in ink.; Script: Written in nastaʻlīq and naskh in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: 3 illuminated headpieces (f. 1v, 18v, 339v); small illuminations in gold and red in the corners of text compartments throughout; text block border-ruled in gold and blue; leaf surfaces silver sprinkled.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gilt-stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and a medallion along each edge; gold tooled frame; no spine, covers detached.; Origin: Copy completed before 1756 or 1757 (date of 1170 A.H. in ownership stamp, f. 1r) by Muḥammad ʻAlī walad Qāsim ibn Mawlānā Muḥammad Riḍā (f. 351r), possibly in India.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Persian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 44

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)