Overpainted leaves from a Persian manuscript and an Arabic lithograph, between 1875 and 1975?

Contributor:

Stanitz, John D. (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Date:

1875

Description:

Leaves, one from a Persian manuscript and the other from an Arabic lithograph, both of uncertain date and origin, each with an illumination overpainted in the 20th century to mimic Mughal style, likely in India for the tourist trade. The leaves themselves are possibly from the late 19th or early 20th century, and the paintings are considerably later. On the Persian leaf, the miniature of a scene of a man kneeling at the mouth of a cave with another man kneeling before him enclosed in a rondel is painted over the text on the page. The other side of this leaf is written in 12 long lines. On the verso of the Arabic leaf, which was page 99 in the volume printed by lithograph, the miniature of a man and woman on a throne on a veranda, surrounded by nine musicians, has been painted over the main text, with the surrounding commentary left visible; the recto of this leaf has 8 lines of main text, with interlinear notes and surrounding commentary in a smaller script. The leaf is from a grammatical work with commentary.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 27.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

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/ljs196.html

Subject:

Musicians in art; Arabic language -- Grammar

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Commentaries; Illuminations; Forgeries (derivative objects); Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, Digital

Physical Description:

2 leaves (2 items) : paper; 265 x 170 mm, 213 x 170 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. leaves.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Persian and Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 196

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)