MS 344 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Summary of Contents: A copy of the Dīvān-i Naẓīrī Nīshāpūrī
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 105 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 159 × 75 mm.
Layout
The poems are arranged into two columns, 14 lines.
Hand(s)
Decoration
The text is framed with ruling lines in blue, gold, red, and green. The division of the text into columns is done with a golden line and two orange ones. The text is sometimes decorated with gilded floral scrolls.
History
Origin: Dated 1571, paintings are later, probably late 19th or early 20th century. CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Francis Wormald and Phyllis M. Giles "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)", Cambridge University Press, 1982; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.
Availability
The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.
Funding of Cataloguing
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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