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Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ

ديوان حافظ

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Title:
Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ.
ديوان حافظ.
Creator:
Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent.
حافظ.
Forms part of:
Islamic Manuscripts Collection
Publication / Origin:
[1520]
Abstract:
Illuminated copy of the Dīwān of Ḥāfiẓ.
Size:
134 leaves : paper, ill. ; 246 x 157 (170 x 95) mm.
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Persian — New Jersey — Princeton.
Medium / Genre:
Illuminated manuscripts - Islamic empire - 16th century.
Illuminated manuscripts - Iran - 16th century.
Miniatures (paintings) - Iran - 16th century.
Illuminations (visual works) - Iran - 16th century.
Lacquered bindings - Iran - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Persian - 16th century.
Notes:
Ms. codex
Decoration: Six full-page miniatures on fol. 1b, 2a, 67b, 107a, 132b, 133a. The manuscript opens and ends with two full-page miniatures (fol.1b-2a and 132b-133a), with floral decor in gold on the margin. Miniatures are also found on fol. 67b (dated 926 or 936 H.) and on fol. 107a
Decoration: Illuminations in gold and colors and margins decorated with flowers and animals executed in gold on fol. 2b, 3a, 68a, 107a, 132b and 133a
Decoration: The two first pages of the text (fol. 2b-3a) are magnificently illuminated, in blue, gold, and colors, with a decor of flowers, trees, and animals in gold on the margin. Similar decoration on the last two pages of the text (fol. 131b-132a)
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed in Jumād[á] al-Thānī 926 [1520] (or 936? [1530], fol. 132a). Miniature 2 (fol. 2a) bears the same date
Title Source:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Physical Details:
Physical description: 3 columns to the page, with 15 lines per column (outer column written diagonally with 10 lines to the column). Written in nastaʻlīq. Entries in gold and blue.
Ownership and History:
Acquired from ʻAlī Qulī Khān (Ali-Kuli-Khan), 1925 (see inscription on fol. (i)a).
Binding Information:
Lacquered binding, with central panel consisting of a floral arabesque with birds and animal heads developing around a central eight pointed star. Orange leather doublure elaborately tooled in gilt.
Acquisition:
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Additional physical form available:
Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
Incipit:
الا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا ونولها.
Publications that Reference this Resource:
Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 15.
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