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Title
Dīvān-i Shāhī
Additional title: دىوان شاهى
Names
New York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Pers. ms. 52.
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection
على رضا الکاتب
Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, -1453 (Author)
ʻAlī Riz̤ā al-Kātib (Scribe)
امىر شاهى سبزوارى،, -1453 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Other Date: end of Shaʻbān 970 [late April 1563]
Place: [Bukhārā?] ;
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Pers. 52
Topics
747-1599
Persian poetry -- 747-1500
Persian poetry
Persian poetry -- 15th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Asia, Central -- 16th century
Manuscripts, Persian -- New York (State) -- New York
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
Manuscripts, Persian
New York (State) -- New York
Central Asia
Genres
Headpieces (layout features)
Miniatures (paintings)-Asia, Central-16th century
nastaʻliq
illuminated manuscripts
Ghazals (Poetry)
Poetry
Notes
Citation/reference: Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library, (ed.) Barbara Schmitz (NYPL / Oxford University Press, 1992), pages 111-112.
Content: Ms. codex
Content: Physical description : 14 lines, 2 columns. Nastaʻlīq script. Pale green, blue, gold and black rulings. The illuminated rectangular panel on fol. 1b has one full and two half gold cartouches on a lapis blue background with red heart-shaped medalions, covered with floral and vegetal designs. Above the panel is a narrow band with floral and geometric designs. Each of the text pages is surrounded by both a narrow inner border - colored pinkish beige, pale green, pale yellow, pale orange-red or blue - and oranemted with gold floral rinceaux and colored margins with fine stenciled gold floral design. Two miniatures (fols.18b and 36b).
Content: Copied by ʻAlī Riz̤ā al-Kātib -- folio. 44a.
Content: Copied at the end of Shaʻbān 970 [late April 1563].
Preferred citation: NYPL. Spencer Collection Pers. ms. 52.
Funding: Preservation and access were made possible by the generous support of Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos.
Language: Persian; Nastaʻlīq script
Ownership: "Purchased in Tehran, 1949" --- Schmitz, 112.
Physical Description
Extent: 44 leaves :paper, ink , miniatures ;263 x 175 mm (167 x 103 mm)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Persian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1555356361
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23794157
Barcode: 33433137901561
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4023de70-68e7-013f-bb84-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Dīvān-i Shāhī" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a2041c70-5e9e-013f-e17b-0242ac110002

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