دىوان بىدل، و، دىوان شمس.

Title:

دىوان بىدل، و، دىوان شمس.

Date:

1800-1850

Description:

Abstract: Two dīvāns of Persian poetry with 19th-century European plates.Binding note: Quarter cloth with leather covers.Contents: 138W, leaves 3b-28b: Dīvān-i Bīdil -- 139W, leaves 30b-161b: Dīvān-i Shams.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. 73January 11822. A View of the Italian Opera House (between leaves 45-46)no. 81September 11822. Evening Dress (between leaves 143-144)August 11822 no number given."'Physical descriptiontext 1: 15 lines per pagein two columns; written in nastaʻliq with elements of shikastah in black on cream glazedlaid Arabic paper. Text framed in black and red with double red lines separating columns. Catchwords; text block has been trimmed. Insect damageresulting 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.

Language:

Persian

Type:

Poetry

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Persian poetry—Early works to 1800

Provenance:

Price of 13 rupees given on leaf 1a. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.

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

Publisher:

between 1800 and 1850

Rights:

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Identifier:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 138W-139W
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Is part of:

Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
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