Khamsah (or Quintet), poems written by Jamal al-din Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf ibn Zaki Mu'ayyad, usually know by the pen name, Nizami. The greatest Persian poet, he spent most of his life (b. 575-613H [1141-1146 CE]; d. 575-623H [1180-217CE]) in Ganja, (former Elizabehtpol), present-day Azerbayjan. This copy, without its original cover, comprises 359 folios, with two-double paged illumination interleaved with a double-page frontispiece paingtin showing throne scene, and with a double-page finispiece painting showing a banquet. Every one of the five poems begins with an elaborate title heading, and ends with a carpet page and a place for a colophon. The manuscript is written in nasta'liq script and has twenty-seven paintings. Copied in Shira, Iran, by Qasim Katib (uncertain) in teh months of Muharram to Jumada II, 992 H [1584 CE].
Khamsah (or Quintet), poems written by Jamal al-din Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf ibn Zaki Mu'ayyad, usually know by the pen name, Nizami. The greatest Persian poet, he spent most of his life (b. 575-613H [1141-1146 CE]; d. 575-623H [1180-217CE]) in Ganja, (former Elizabehtpol), present-day Azerbayjan. This copy, without its original cover, comprises 359 folios, with two-double paged illumination interleaved with a double-page frontispiece paingtin showing throne scene, and with a double-page finispiece painting showing a banquet. Every one of the five poems begins with an elaborate title heading, and ends with a carpet page and a place for a colophon. The manuscript is written in nasta'liq script and has twenty-seven paintings. Copied in Shira, Iran, by Qasim Katib (uncertain) in teh months of Muharram to Jumada II, 992 H [1584 CE].
Fragment of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. The fragment contians a maximum of ten lines in two columns. There is a vignette of a goose and the text is written in red and black ink.
Part of the Book of the Dead of Herew, son of Takhabes. This fragment contains a maximum of 16 lines of text and parts of 2 columns. There is a vignette of a sparrow on a mound. The text is written in red and black ink.
Three fragments (a-c) of Coptic manuscript(s) in large uncials. Found in May 1932 folded on in another and iteid around with string. A has 7 lines on the verso and 6 lines on the recto. B has 6 lines on the verson and 6 lines on the recto. c has 5 lines on the verso and 5 lines on the recto.
Three fragments (a-c) of Coptic manuscript(s) in large uncials. Found in May 1932 folded on in another and iteid around with string. A has 7 lines on the verso and 6 lines on the recto. B has 6 lines on the verson and 6 lines on the recto. c has 5 lines on the verso and 5 lines on the recto.
Three fragments (a-c) of a coptic manuscript written on paper. A has 4 lines, b has 7 lines on the verso and 6 lines on the recto and c has 7 lines on the verso and 8 lines on the recto.