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Illuminated Manuscript, Five poems (quintet), Alexander the Great kills an Ethiopian warrior, This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) by Nim Ganjav (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), completed by abb Allh ibn Al ibn usm in Safavid Iran in Rab II 971 AH / 1563 CE. Illuminated titlepieces introduce the five poems, and there are thirty illustrations, the majority of which are attributable to thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE Qajar Iran. Ownership notes and seals indicating the provenance of this manuscript are found throughout the codex. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
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Illuminated Manuscript, Five poems (quintet), Alexander the Great kills an Ethiopian warrior, This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) by Nim Ganjav (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE), completed by abb Allh ibn Al ibn usm in Safavid Iran in Rab II 971 AH / 1563 CE. Illuminated titlepieces introduce the five poems, and there are thirty illustrations, the majority of which are attributable to thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE Qajar Iran. Ownership notes and seals indicating the provenance of this manuscript are found throughout the codex. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
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3168 x 4959 px | 44.9 MB
Print size:
26.8 x 42.0 cm | 10.6 x 16.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
605 AH / 1209 CE • ABB H IBN AL IBN USM • ALEXANDER • ANT. OR.: IRAN • ATTRIBUTABLE • BINDING • BOOK • BOOKBINDING • BOOKS • CODEX • COLOPHON • COMPLETED • D • ETHIOPIAN WARRIOR • FIVE POEMS • GREAT KILLS • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT • ILLUMINATED TITLEPIECES INTRODUCE • ILLUMINATED • ILLUMINATION • ILLUSTRATED COPY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INVENTIVE • IRAN • ISLAMIC • KHAMSAH • LIBRO • LIBROS • MAJORITY • MANUSCRIPT • MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED • NIM GANJAV • ORIGINAL • OWNERSHIP NOTES • PERSIAN • PROVENANCE • QAJAR • QUINTET • RAB II 971 AH / 1563 CE • SAFAVID IRAN • SAFAVID • SEALS INDICATING • THIRTEENTH CENTURY AH / NINETEENTH CE QAJAR IRAN • THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS
