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Two dīvāns of Persian poetry with 19th-century European plates.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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- Publisher
- [between 1800 and 1850]
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
Two dīvāns of Persian poetry with 19th-century European plates.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [دىوان بىدل، و، دىوان شمس].
- Transliterated Title
- [Dīvān-i Bīdil, va, Dīvān-i Shams].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 138W-139W
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcw9505b13r
- Publisher
- [between 1800 and 1850]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1800-1850
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 164 leaves, 3 leaves of plates : paper, color illustrations ; 231 x 148 (140-188 x 93-105) mm bound to 239 x 158 mm
- Provenance
- Price of 13 rupees given on leaf 1a. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- References
- Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 12, 36
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Contents
- 138W, leaves 3b-28b: Dīvān-i Bīdil
- 139W, leaves 30b-161b: Dīvān-i Shams.
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title from leaf 1a and label on back cover by a later hand.
- Additional label on back cover reads "Deevanabadeel & Shumseetubrez."
- Three 19th-century European plates from R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts have been inserted: Full Dress (between leaves 13-14), no. 73, January 1, 1822. A View of the Italian Opera House (between leaves 45-46), no. 81, September 1, 1822. Evening Dress (between leaves 143-144), August 1, 1822 [no number given].
- Physical description, text 1: 15 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in black and red with double red lines separating columns. Catchwords; text block has been trimmed. Insect damage, resulting in occasional loss of text.
- Physical description, text 2: 11 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on gray glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Insect damage.
- Origin: Text 2 dated 1 Jumādá 1 1249 H [16 September 1833], by Muḥammad Z̤iyāʾ al-Ḥaqq ibn Muḥammad Zayn al-Ḥaqq ʻAbbāsī al-Aḥmadābādī al-Gujarātī (leaf 161b). Text 1 likely from the early 19th century.
- Binding Note
- Quarter cloth with leather covers.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 342
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5f5a1983-55be-44b4-8ddb-2582e7dbb7cc/manifest