MS 18-1948 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: Haft paykar by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Gold-sprinkled paperExtent: 203 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 170 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 97 mm.Layout
The text is written in double columns, ruled in blue, gold, red, 12 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Seal(s):Decoration
There are 10 paintings, and four additiona ones, in two different hands, have been added at the beginning and at the end of the manuscript.
Owner's sealmarks on f. 202
History
Origin: 979Provenance and Acquisition
A pencil note refers the MS was part of a collection in Brussels. It was lot. 27 at Sotheby's on 19 July 1938. Bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,1948.
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
Subjects
- Persian poetry
- Love poetry, Persian
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