MS 23-1948 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

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Summary of Contents: Miʾah kalimah; Ṣad kalimah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661

Title: Miʾah kalimah; Ṣad kalimah

Title: مائة كلمة

Title: صد کلمه

Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

References

MS 23-2948

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: 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)

Shāh Maḥmūd Nishapūrī

Decoration

The space around the verses is highly decorated, in gold, polychrome scrolls and flowers.

Seal(s):

Seal marks in red and black at the beginning and end of the manuscript.

History

Origin: 931 AH / 1524-25 CE

Provenance 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.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World