X892.8 Q1 Q [Folio] Hādhā kitāb qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ. / هذا كتاب قصص الانبياء
Title
Hādhā kitāb qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ.هذا كتاب قصص الانبياء
Authors
- Juvayrī, Muḥammad, active 10th century
جويرى، محمد،
Other related names
- Kātib, Malik Muḥammad ibn Darvīsh Muḥammad, active 1574, scribe
كاتب، ملك محمد بن درويش محمد، - Reinhardt, Carl, 1856-1903, former owner
Call number
X892.8 Q1 Q [Folio](New York, NY. 10027, Columbia University., Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University.Language
PersianOrigin
Copy completed in 982 AH by Malik Muḥammad ibn Darvīsh Muḥammad al-Kātib (228r).
- Date
- 1574
- Place
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Iran ?
Summary
An illustrated translation into Persian of a collection of stories of the patriarchs and prophets from the creation to the time of Muḥammad. This collection begins by saying the translation was requested by the (fictitious) Sulṭān Ghiyāth al-Dīn Muẓaffar Khān.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title from caption (f. 1v); alternate title from introduction (f. 2r).
Extent
Iii, 228, ii leaves : 310 x 203 (230 x 120) mm, bound to 320 x 210 mmSupport
Laid paperBinding
Brown leather over pasteboard with marbled paper pastedowns.Layout
Decoration
Textblock border-ruled in narrow gold, wide gold and blue; rubrications in red; illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red (f. 1v), 30 color illustrations (f. 7v, 11r, 19r, 22r, 28r, 31v, 36r, 48v, 50v, 52v, 63v, 70r, 75r, 79v, 85v, 90v, 104v, 112v, 114v, 127v, 133r, 139v, 154r, 162r, 167r, 182v, 190v, 198r, 206v, 210r), and an illuminated foliate finispiece in gold (f. 228r).
Script
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.
Subjects topical
- Prophets, Pre-Islamic--Early works to 1800
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
- Manuscripts, Persian
Genres
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Illuminations (painting)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Miniatures (paintings)
Licenses
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- Text
- These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library X892.8 Q1 Q [Folio]: Hādhā kitāb qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ. 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
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- URL
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Decorations
- Inside Front Cover — Donation bookplate: "Messrs Prince, Speyer & Schiff"
- fol. 1v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 7v — Illustration
- fol. 11r — Illustration
- fol. 19r — Illustration
- fol. 22r — Illustration
- fol. 28r — Illustration
- fol. 31v — Illustration
- fol. 36r — Illustration
- fol. 48v — Illustration
- fol. 50v — Illustration
- fol. 52v — Illustration
- fol. 63v — Illustration
- fol. 70r — Illustration
- fol. 75r — Illustration
- fol. 79v — Illustration
- fol. 85v — Illustration
- fol. 90v — Illustration
- fol. 104v — Illustration
- fol. 112v — Illustration
- fol. 114v — Illustration
- fol. 127v — Illustration
- fol. 133r — Illustration
- fol. 139v — Illustration
- fol. 154r — Illustration
- fol. 162r — Illustration
- fol. 167r — Illustration
- fol. 182v — Illustration
- fol. 190v — Illustration
- fol. 198r — Illustration
- fol. 206v — Illustration
- fol. 210r — Illustration
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