Munshaʼāt-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Nābī Afandī; منشئات حضرت نابى افندى

Alternate Title:

Munshaʼāt-i Nābī Efendi.

Contributor:

Ali Paşa, Damad, 1667?-1716 (patron); Swarthmore College (former owner); Swarthmore College (donor)

Name:

Nabi, 1641 or 1642-1712

Timespan:

1683-1829; 17th century

Date:

1712

Description:

Copies of official correspondence written by Nābī.

Language:

Persian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Aḥmad Rifʻat ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Fākhir al-Z̤amāqavī, known as Ibn Aghū (?) (owner's note and stamp, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by Swarthmore College, given to the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 (note in pencil inside front cover).; Z̤amāqavī, Aḥmad Rifʻat ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Fākhir, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1899.html

Subject:

Nabi, 1641 or 1642-1712 Correspondence

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Letters (correspondence); Illuminations (painting); Manuscripts, Persian; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

301 leaves : paper, illuminations; 215 x 130 (140 x 68) mm bound to 217 x 135 mm.

Geographic Subject:

Turkey -- History -- 1683-1829 -- Early works to 1800; Turkey -- Politics and government -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Persian.; Title from caption title (f. 1v).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: 15 long lines; border ruled.; Script: Written in nastaʻlīq using black ink; pointed, unvocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red; headings in red set off by gold rules. Illuminated headpiece in gold, purple and green on opening page (f. 1v); textblock border-ruled in gold and black, with an additional red rule on the first opening (f. 1v-2r).; Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap on the right side as the book opens (Type II); gilded paper central mandorla onlay with gold tooled pendants and frame. Gilded paper onlay on the flap as well.; Origin: Copied in A.H. 1124 (1712) (f. 219r), likely in Turkey.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1899