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The lights of Canopus, An Arab of the desert in a Baghdad bakery angers the baker by eating more bread than he paid for, This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of Anvr-i Suhayl (The lights of Canopus), dating to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. It is a Persian version of Kallah wa-Dimnah (The fables of Bdpy). It was completed on 26 Jumdá I 1264 AH / 1847 CE by Mrz Ram. The text is written in nastaliq script in black and red ink, revealing the influence of shikastah script. There are 123 paintings illustrating the text. The Qajar binding is original to the manuscript.
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The lights of Canopus, An Arab of the desert in a Baghdad bakery angers the baker by eating more bread than he paid for, This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of Anvr-i Suhayl (The lights of Canopus), dating to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. It is a Persian version of Kallah wa-Dimnah (The fables of Bdpy). It was completed on 26 Jumdá I 1264 AH / 1847 CE by Mrz Ram. The text is written in nastaliq script in black and red ink, revealing the influence of shikastah script. There are 123 paintings illustrating the text. The Qajar binding is original to the manuscript.
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2769 x 4896 px | 38.8 MB
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23.4 x 41.5 cm | 9.2 x 16.3 in (300 dpi)
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123 PAINTINGS ILLUSTRATING • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • 26 JUMDÁ I 1264 AH / 1847 CE • ANT. OR.: IRAN • ANVR-I SUHAYL • ARAB • ARABE • ARABIAN • ARABIC • BAGHDAD BAKERY ANGERS • BAKER • BDPY • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • BOOK • BOOKS • BREAD • CANOPUS • COMPLETED • DATING • DESERT • EAT • FABLES • GO OUT • GOING OUT (FOR THE EVENING) • ILLUMINATED • ILLUMINATION • ILLUSTRATED COPY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INFLUENCE • INVENTIVE • IRAN • ISLAMIC • KALLAH WA-DIMNAH • LEAVE • LIBRO • LIGHTS • MANUSCRIPT • MRZ RAM • NASTALIQ SCRIPT • NEGRA • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ORIGINAL • PAID • PERSIAN VERSION • PERSIAN • QAJAR BINDING • QAJAR • RED INK • REVEALING • SHIKASTAH SCRIPT • TEXT • THIRTEENTH CENTURY AH / NINETEENTH CE • WRITTEN • XIX CENTURY
