Or 2265 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
The Khamsah, or five poems, of Niẓāmī
Contents
1 copy of Khamsah-ʼi Niẓāmī by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
The manuscript is illustrated
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Physical Description
Layout
Hand(s)
This fine copy is due to the pen of the celebrated calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd Nishapūrī, شاه مخمود نشاپوری (see Rieu 1876-83, page 574.), who signs شاه مخمود النشابوری الشاهی. He wrote it for Shāh Ṭahmāsp, شاه طهماسپ , whose name is introduced as an inscription on a palace wall in one of the miniatures, fol. 60
Decoration
In four gold-ruled columns, and richly ornamented with six highly finished ʻUnvāns
Illuminated headings and borders on every page. The broad margins are covered throughout the volume with spirited drawings of wild animals and flowers in gold
Includes fourteen miniatures in the best Persian style
Binding
Bound in painted covers, the outsides of which represent Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh hunting with attendants
History
Record Sources
Availability
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Digital Images
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