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Single leaf, Abd al-Muṭṭalib

Accession number: 
MS G.72
Title: 
Single leaf, Abd al-Muṭṭalib
Created: 
Possibly Qazvīn, Iran, Jan. 12, 1567.
Credit: 
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description: 
1 leaf : paper, ill. ; 135 x 155 mm
Provenance: 
Purchased in 1959 for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes: 

Ms single leaf, written and illuminated, possibly in Qazvīn, Iran, Jan. 12, 1567.
From a manuscript of the Ās̤ār al-muẓaffar of Niẓām al-Dīn Astarābādī which is dated 1 Rajab 974 (Jan. 12, 1567); it is held in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (MS Pers. 235)--Cf. Schmitz.

Script: 
nasta'liq
Language: 
Persian
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
16th century
Genres: 
Dated manuscripts
Illuminated manuscripts
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Paper (fiber product)
Single leaves
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts