MS 23-1948 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: Miʾah kalimah; Ṣad kalimah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661Title: Miʾah kalimah; Ṣad kalimahTitle: مائة كلمةTitle: صد کلمهLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicReferences
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: 15 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 140 mm.Dimensions (written): 158 × 82 mm.Layout
The text presents the Arabic verses on a light blue background, and the Persian translation in obliques, which, at the beginning and end of the page, it is written into two columns on a gilded background.
Hand(s)
Seal(s):Decoration
The space around the verses is highly decorated, in gold, polychrome scrolls and flowers.
Seal marks in red and black at the beginning and end of the manuscript.
History
Origin: 931 AH / 1524-25 CEProvenance and Acquisition
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
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