BV 51 Khamsah. / خمسه
Title
Khamsah.خمسه
Authors
- Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
نظامى گنجوى،
Other related names
- Ibrāhīm ibn Shāhrukh, Sulṭān, -1435, former owner
ابراهيم بن شاهرخ, - Ḥāfiẓ, Ḥasan, active 15th century, scribe
حافظ، حسن، - Spitzer, Doreen Canaday, donor
Call number
BV 51(Bryn Mawr, PA, Bryn Mawr College Libraries, Special Collections)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Bryn Mawr College LibrariesLanguage
PersianOrigin
Copy completed by Ḥasan al-Ḥāfiẓ (f. 111r) and has been dated to the early 15th century and was likely produced in the workshop of either Iskandar Sultan or Ibrahim Sultan (Yael Rice).
- Date
- between 1405 and 1414?
- Place
-
Shiraz, Iran
Summary
Incomplete copy of the Khamsah containing small portions of Makhzan al-asrār, most of Laylī va Majnūn, about half of Khusraw va Shirīn, and the first third of Haft Paykar; Iskandarnāmah is missing. 24 color illustrations, some unfinished.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title from introduction (f. 6r).
Extent
183 foliated leaves : 108 x 67 (73 x 50) mm bound to 110 x 75 mmFoliation
Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso lower left.Support
PaperBinding
Lacquered binding of flowers on a black field with floral frame; inside covers have a brown field with black frame and three gold tooled inset frames. Slipcase with "Collected poems in Persian" printed on it in gold.Layout
Decoration
Illuminated medallion in gold and blue on opening page (f. 3r); dual-page illuminated first full opening (f. 3v-4r) in gold and blue with text on cloudbands; 24 color illustrations, some incomplete (f. 5r, 8r, 12r, 14r, 15r, 18v, 27v, 33r, 38v, 55r, 57v, 60v, 68v, 73v, 82r, 92v, 101r, 107r, 108r, 121v, 131r, 134r, 134v, 142r, 158v); illuminated headpiece in gold and blue (f. 111v); textblock is border ruled in gold, including between columns; titles in gold.
Script
Provenance
- Gift of Doreen Canaday Spitzer.
- Formerly owned by Ibrāhīm Sulṭān ibn Shāhrukh (decorative owner's statement, f. 3r).
Subjects topical
- Persian poetry--747-1500
Genres
- Manuscripts, Persian
- Manuscripts, 15th century
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Illuminations (painting)
- Miniatures (paintings)
Licenses
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- Text
- These images and the content of Special Collections BV 51: 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/.
- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
- To the extent possible under law, Bryn Mawr College, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Special Collections BV 51: Khamsah.. 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.
- URL
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Decorations
- fol. 3r — Illuminated medallion
- fol. 3v — Illuminated dual-page opening
- fol. 4r — Illuminated dual-page opening
- fol. 5r — Illustration
- fol. 8r — Illustration
- fol. 12r — Illustration
- fol. 14r — Illustration
- fol. 15r — Illustration
- fol. 18v — Illustration
- fol. 27v — Illustration
- fol. 33r — Illustration
- fol. 38v — Illustration
- fol. 55r — Illustration
- fol. 57v — Illustration
- fol. 60v — Illustration
- fol. 68v — Illustration
- fol. 73v — Illustration
- fol. 82r — Illustration
- fol. 92v — Illustration
- fol. 101r — Illustration
- fol. 107r — Illustration
- fol. 108r — Illustration
- fol. 111v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 121v — Illustration
- fol. 131r — Illustration
- fol. 134v — Illustration
- fol. 142r — Illustration
- fol. 158v — Illustration
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