Dīvān-i Viṣāl.
- Holding institution:
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Dīvān-i Viṣāl.
ديوان وصال - Creator:
- Viṣāl Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Shafīʻ ibn Muḥammad Ismāʻīl, 1782 or 1783-1845 or 1846
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts - Date:
- between 1800? and 1846
- Description:
- Copy of some of the poetry of Viṣāl, including short poems and the beginning of Bazm-i Viṣāl; five leaves have been ruled but left unwritten.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Lacquered bindings (Binding)
Persian poetry--19th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
Manuscripts, Persian--19th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--19th century - Geographic region:
- Iran
- Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
- Extent:
- Two layouts: for the short poetry section (f. 4v-59r), 17 lines in two columns, often with a centered couplet and 26 marginal lines on two sides, written at angles; for the Bazm-i Viṣāl section (f. 61v-130v), 15 lines in two columns, with 10 lines in the fore-edge column written at an angle; rules between all columns and around textblock
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 85: Dīvān-i Viṣāl. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- Lewis O 85
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World