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Book/Printed Material Collection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī.

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Title

  • Collection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī.

Summary

  • This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of a small collection of short love poems of the type called tarjī`band by Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). It was copied in black nasta'līq script by the calligrapher Muḥammad Zamān al-Tabrīzī in 998 AH / 1589-90 CE in Safavid Iran. The text is written on orange-tinted paper, and the bluish-green borders are illuminated throughout. The manuscript opens with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b), and there are two illustrations (fols. 3a and 6a). The Qajar lacquer binding is decorated with floral motifs and is inscribed with verses attributed to Imām 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib. An ownership statement is present, and dated 1311 AH / 1893-4 CE, stating that this precious book was bought for his son, Maḥmūd Askānī, from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars) (fol. 6b).

Names

  • Jāmī, 1414-1492 Author.
  • Muḥammad Zamān al-Tabrīzī Calligrapher.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1589 to 1590]

Headings

  • -  Afghanistan
  • -  Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • -  1414 to 1492
  • -  Calligraphy, Persian
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Library of Congress Afghanistan Project
  • -  Love
  • -  Persian poetry
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Walters Ms. W.651"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: Dimensions: 11 centimeters wide by 17.5 centimeters high. Foliation: ii+6+ii.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Persian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667234

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Jāmī, Author, and Muḥammad Zamān Al-Tabrīzī Calligrapher. Collection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1590, 1589] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667234/.

APA citation style:

Jāmī, A. & Muḥammad Zamān Al-Tabrīzī Calligrapher. (1589) Collection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1590] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667234/.

MLA citation style:

Jāmī, Author, and Muḥammad Zamān Al-Tabrīzī Calligrapher. Collection of Short Love Poems by Jāmī. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1590, 1589] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667234/>.