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Manuscript/Mixed Material Illuminated frontispiece

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Title

  • Illuminated frontispiece

Created / Published

  • 16th-17th centuries

Headings

  • -  Calligraphy, Arabic
  • -  Calligraphy, Persian
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran
  • -  Afghanistan
  • -  Arabic script calligraphy
  • -  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Illuminated frontispiece of a Persian manuscript intended for a compendium (divan) of poems, made in the 16th or 17th century.
  • -  Dimensions of Empty (Text) Panel: 10.7 (w) x 20.6 (h) cm
  • -  The frontispiece consists of a central roundel decorated with seven blue petals stemming from a central orange circle bordered on its perimeter by a gold strip. The outer perimeter is decorated in red, and delicate finials emanate like rays from the central roundel. The corners of the central panel are also filled with illuminated patterns, forming a diamond-shaped plain panel. All around the rectangular panel further decorative medallions ornament the margins of the page, which is pasted to the aforementioned cardboard.
  • -  This frontispiece may have belonged to a Persian manuscript made in the 16th or 17th century.
  • -  This illuminated frontispiece was intended for a compendium (divan) of poems, which included collections (kulliyat) of fragmentary verses (muqat'at) and lyric poems (qasa'id), among many. The names of each book (kitab) is inscribed in white ink in every individual rectangular panel on the vertical left border of the frontispiece. These title panels are painted directly on the cardboard, which serves as a backing for the rest of the salvaged frontispiece. For this reason, they possibly are not part of the original piece.
  • -  1-85-154.75

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 23.1 (w) x 30 (h) cm

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714617

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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