Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, IO Isl 387)
Image Title: 19304595
- Holding institution:
- Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
- Data provider:
- Harvard University Library
- Title:
- Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, IO Isl 387)
Image Title: 19304595 - Alternative title:
- Quintet of Nizami
- Creator:
- Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
- Date:
- 1515
- Description:
- Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
- Type:
- still image
manuscripts
paintings - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
Paintings - Type (Broader):
- Text
Image - Subject:
- Islamic art
poetry
miniatures (paintings) - Geographic region:
- Place of Production: Tabriz, Azerbaijan-e Sharqi, Iran
- Provenance:
- India Office Library, London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place), British repository, London, contemporary (Former repository)
- Extent:
- 10.5 x 6.5 in
- Rights:
- (CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
- Identifier:
- W392687_URN-3:FHCL:32061093
- Is part of:
- Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection