Accession number
MS M.471
Object title
The quintet (MS M.471).
Display Date
1510.
Created
Shīrāz, Iran, 1510.
Binding
Early 16th century binding; recessed center medallions, pendants, and corners, and a narrow border of recessed cartouches and quatrefoils in alteration.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
361 leaves (4 columns, 21 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 330 x 200 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert, Rome, 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms; written and illuminated in Shīrāz, Iran, and completed on 10 Safar 916 (i.e., May 19, 1510).
The opening leaves and fol. 96 are lacking.
Some of sections of the manuscript contain dates and the name of the scribe.
Scribe: Munʻim al-Dīn al-Auḥadī.
Decoration: written on fine cream paper; chapter headings in blue written over a background of gold vine scrolls punctuated with a small motif of three blue dots; illuminated headpieces; 20 miniatures.
The opening leaves and fol. 96 are lacking.
Some of sections of the manuscript contain dates and the name of the scribe.
Scribe: Munʻim al-Dīn al-Auḥadī.
Decoration: written on fine cream paper; chapter headings in blue written over a background of gold vine scrolls punctuated with a small motif of three blue dots; illuminated headpieces; 20 miniatures.
Script
nastaʻlīq
Language
Persian
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