COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022882tr
Reference Number:
Persian MS 35
Image Title:
Persian MS binding
Parent Work Title:
Khamsa (Quintet)
Creator:
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1628 CE [1037]
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover
Description:
Original leather binding: gilt panels in relief, showing birds and animals around a tree; leather panels with verses in 'nasta'liq' script.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Support:
Leather
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
Iran
Item Height:
253 mm
Item Width:
157 mm
Item Depth:
42 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000. B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980).
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, December 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Persian MS binding
