MS 263-1949 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

The Fitzwilliam Museum

An Album of Persian and Arabic Calligraphy

Title: Album of Calligraphy

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

References

MS 263-1949

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: 13 ff. + 6 loose sheets

Dimensions (leaf): 365 × 245 mm.

Layout

All text blocks vary in style and layout.

Hand(s)

Decoration

Decorated headings and borders in gold and colours.

Seal(s):

Seal at the beginning of the manuscript.

History

Origin: 16th-19th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Collected by Captain William Campbell in Tehran in 1800-1801. 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