Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 11913 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

1 copy of Specimens of calligraphy by Various calligraphers

Specimens include samples of calligraphy of various masters, including Sayyid ‘Alī, Muḥammad Ṣāfī al-Hamadanī, ‘Abd al-Karīm, Javāhir-qalam-i s̲ānī, Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, dated 1110, Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirza, and Ḥasan Riz̤a Khān

Others bear dates ranging between 975 and 1275 but they belong mostly to the 18th century

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 32.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 16 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 48 × 28.6 cm.

Decoration

Last two folios blank

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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Funding of Cataloguing

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