Persian calligraphy and illustration album.

Title:

Persian calligraphy and illustration album.

Date:

1650-1750?

Description:

Manuscript specimens of Persian songs, writing, illustrations and illuminations by different artists, mounted in a scrapbook.

Language:

Persian

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Albums (books)
Compilation manuscripts
Illuminations (painting)
Miniatures (paintings)
Manuscripts (documents)
Lacquered bindings (Binding)
Calligraphy, Persian--Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
Manuscripts, Persian

Geographic region:

Iran?

Provenance:

Purchased for Columbia with funds donated by J. Dyneley Prince, James Speyer and Jacob H. Schiff; accessioned 1905 (bookplate inside front cover).Formerly owned by Carl Reinhardt; purchased from his estate.

Extent:

Various layouts, each work framed and mounted on an orange leaf.

Publisher:

Columbia University.

Rights:

These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 M31: Persian calligraphy and illustration album. 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/.
To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 M31: Persian calligraphy and illustration album.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.

Identifier:

X892.8 M31

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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