Or 11911 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Specimens of calligraphy by Various calligraphers
Author: Various calligraphersTitle: Specimens of calligraphyAn album containing specimens of calligraphy written by various masters, some of which bear dates. These include Bhāskar Panḍit,dated 1160, Muḥammad Ḥasan al-Samarqandī, dated 1125, Muṣṭafá, dated 1289, and Shāh Ni‘matullāh Qāz̤ī, dated 1187
The latest example is by Murtaz̤á Khān, dated 1309 and earliest are a mashq dated 1017, a folio written in the 13th century, and some leaves from an early 16th century copy of Jāmī’s Subḥat al-abrār
Other undated specimens are by Ḥuzrullah Sayyid Iḥsān, Hāfiẓ Nūrullāh, Javāhir-qalam, and Maḥmūd al-Dīn Aḥmad
Four folios are from a Jaina Prakrit work with Sanskrit commentary
Language(s): PersianReferences
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 31.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 84 ffDimensions (leaf): 41 × 32.5 cm.History
Origin: 18th century CEProvenance and Acquisition
Bequeathed to the British Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,July 1949. Transferred to the British Library in 1973.
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Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.Availability
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