Khamsah, [1568 or 9-1569 or 70]

Creator:

Nizami Ganjavi, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3, creator

Published/Created:

[1568 or 9-1569 or 70]

Physical Description:

1 v. ; 29 x 19 cm.

Notes:

Copied in A.H. 976-977 [A.D. 1568 or 9-1569 or 70].
Fair nastaliq, in red and black; unwans in gold and colors.
Islamic binding, in green.
Several lacunae in the text (leaves wth miniatures torn out).
Ethe, H. India Office,
Five epic poems (Makhzan al-asrar, Khusraw va Shirin, Haft Paykar, Layli va Majnun, Iskandarnamah); the first is missing in this copy.
Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.

Topics:

Persian poetry

Language:

Persian

Format:

Mixed Material

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Teaching resource: Kishwar Rivzi, Department of the History of Art

Call Number:

Persian MSS 45

Orbis Record:

4568718

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1184245

Extent of digitization:

Partial work digitized.

OID:

2042025

PID:

digcoll:3521727