Khamsah.
- Holding institution:
- Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Khamsah.
خمسه - Creator:
- Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
- Date:
- 16--?
- Description:
- Lacunose, illustrated copy of the Quintet, containing all of Iskandarnāmah and Laylī va Majnūn. Makhzan al-asrār is missing the beginning and the end; Haft paykar ends abruptly, and Khusraw va Shīrīn is missing all but the final page. This copy contains 19 full-page illustrations, numerous gold and polychrome decorative text division markers and foliate in-fill around angled lines and at the end of each work.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts (documents)
Illuminations (painting)
Miniatures (paintings)
Stamps (Provenance)
Persian poetry--747-1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York - Geographic region:
- Iran?
- Provenance:
- Purchased for Columbia with funds donated by John Dyneley Prince, James Speyer and Jacob H. Schiff; accessioned 1905 (library bookplate inside front cover).Formerly owned by Carl Reinhardt; purchased from his estate.
- Extent:
- 21 lines in four columns; catchwords each verso, lower left.
- Publisher:
- Columbia University.
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 N651 Folio: Khamsah. 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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- X892.8 N651 Folio
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World