• [Illuminated leaf from the Mūnis al-aḥrār].

Language:
  • Persian
Call number:
  • Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 94G
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 1 leaf : paper, col. ill. ; 229 x 172 (198 x 128) mm.
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Description:
  • Ms. leaf.
  • Physical description: Written in large thuluth and medium naskh in gold, blue, black, and red. Each line of verse alternates with an illustration. The leaf is damaged along the bottom; it was cut out of its original frame and glued onto another page of a different text that now forms its margins.
  • Origin: This page is from chapter 29 of a ms. which is now scattered. The ms. is dated Ramaḍān 741 H [February-March 1341] and was copied and illustrated in Isfahan according to its colophon (Swietochowski and Carboni, p. 25).
Publisher:
  • Iṣfahān, [1341]
Subject:
  • Persian poetry—Early works to 1800
  • Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
Date:
  • 1341
Author:
  • Jājarmī, Muḥammad ibn Badr al-Dīn, 14th cent
Abstract:
  • Leaf from chapter 29 of the Mūnis al-aḥrār, a collection of poetry. Each verse alternates with a corresponding illustration as follows: battle gear; weapons; fruit trees; four types of doves; peacock, parrot, and nightingale; and jewelry.
Creator:
  • Jājarmī, Muḥammad ibn Badr al-Dīn, 14th cent
  • جاجرمى، محمد بن بدر الدىن، 14th cent
Collections:
  • Robert Garrett
  • Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
  • Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/zg64tq79n
Spatial:
  • Iran
  • New Jersey
References:
  • Moghadam, M. E. et al. Garrett collection, no. 198
  • Swietochowski and Carboni. Illustrated poetry and epic images, 35-36
Text language:
  • Persian.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
Location:
  • HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 94G
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 94G
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
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