Literature
Anthology of Persian poetry
Muḥarram 1105 AH / 1693 CE
From the archive
This illuminated and illustrated anthology was compiled in 1105 AH / 1693 CE in Safavid Iran. The manuscript includes works by such poets as Jāmī, Azārī, Fayz̤ī, Navāʾī, and Saʿdī. The margins of colored and marbled paper are decorated with stenciled, illuminated, and painted motifs, including an angel, a young man reading a book, a youth pouring wine, and various animals. There are five paintings in the codex (fols. 8b, 16b, 17a, 19b, and 24b). The green leather binding is not original to the codex and probably dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.
- Place of origin
- Iran
- Language
- The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
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Place & date
Manuscript TEI origin: “Iran”. Dates describe this physical manuscript, not the author's life or the work's first composition.
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Source ID: W.653
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