Dīvān ... etc..
- Holding institution:
- Princeton University Library
- Data provider:
- Princeton University Library
- Title:
- Dīvān ... etc..
- Creator:
- Niʻmat Allāh Valī, 1330?-1431
- Date:
- 1518-1519
- Description:
- Abstract: Collection of three texts related to Niʻmat Allāh Valī.Binding note: Orange-brown leather over cardboard. Blind-tooled frames with small motif in the corners. Blue paper pastedowns.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-338a: Dīvān / Niʻmat Allāh Valī.Contents: 2. fol. 338a-340a: Short text on the Mahdī.Contents: 3. fol. 340b-400b: Biography of Niʻmat Allāh Valī, in five chapters.Ms. codex.Title provided by cataloger.Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red and occasionally gold (see fol. 343b). The text is framed in gold, black and blue. Dark cream glazed paper with laid lines visible. Some leaves mended (see fol. 1-8 and fol. 400).Decoration: Illuminated title page (fol. 1a). Illuminated headpieces at the beginning of texts 1 and 3 (fol. 1b and 340b).Origin: Text 1 copied on 1 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 924 Dec. 4, 1518 (colophon, fol. 338a). Text 3 copied in 925? 1519 (colophon, fol. 400b, hardly legible).
- Language:
- Persian
- Type:
- Headpieces (layout features)
Illuminated manuscripts - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Niʻmat Allāh Vālī, 1330?-1431
- Provenance:
- Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
- Extent:
- 400 leaves: paper ; 220 x 140 mm.
- Publisher:
- 1518-1519
- Rights:
- https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services
- Identifier:
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1469Y
Electronic Resource
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Replaces: pudl0112/5563566 - Is part of:
- Robert Garrett
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
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