Accession number:
MS M.471
Title:
Quintet
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:
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.
Script:
nasta'liq
Language:
Persian
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