Description of Columbia University. X892.8 N651 Folio: Khamsah. Columbia University. 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/. 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 N651 Folio: 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. Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Series of 11 inspection notes dated 1221-1229 AH /1806-1814 CE (f. 1r). Three seals (f. 1r). New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 N651 Folio 14214036 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1108338020 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/X892_8_N651.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14214036 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. Persian Khamsah. [خمسه] Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 ‏نظامى گنجوى،‏ former owner Reinhardt, Carl, 1856-1903 1v [Khamsah] 1v Sharaf-nāmah-ʼi Iskandarī 131r Final page of Khusraw va Shīrīn 131v Laylī va Majnūn 187v Haft paykar 256r Makhzan al-asrār

Non-European laid paper

 ii, 308, ii leaves : 285 x 165 (195 x 105) mm, bound to 300 x 185 mm 21 lines in four columns; catchwords each verso, lower left. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed. Headpieces in blue and gold before each new work (f. 1v, 132v, 188v). Foliate text division markers with blue borders and delicate, leafy scrolls with small, polychrome flowers. Foliate fill in gold, silver, and orange between angled lines, often before illustrations (see as examples f. 33v, 78r, 84v-85r). 19 full-page illustrations (f.12r, 34r, 45r, 78v, 117v, 142v, 172r, 199r, 206r, 213r, 220r, 223v, 228r, 232r, 238r, 243r, 268r, 293r, 306v). Textblock is border-ruled in double gold and blue with gold double rules between the columns. Stamp Stamp Stamp Notations Illuminated headpiece Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Angled lines with foliate in-fill Angled lines with foliate in-fill Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Foliate in-fill Illuminated headpiece Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Angled lines with foliate in-fill Foliate in-fill Illuminated headpiece Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Illustration Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill Illustration Illustration Angled lines with foliate in-fill

Marbled brown leather with gold tooled frame; brightly painted doublure of flower arrangments on bright turquoise and maroon lobed grounds with white and gold borders.

The item is undated, likely copied in the 17th century.

16--? Iran? 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. Persian poetry--747-1500 Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Illuminations (painting) Miniatures (paintings) Stamps (Provenance)