Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 422: Haft paykar.University of PennsylvaniaThese images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 422: Haft paykar. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, University of Pennsylvania Libraries has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts LJS 422: Haft paykar.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger.Fragile; worm damage, particularly in gutters; oxidation causing long, straight cuts at the ruled margins of several leaves.3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.University of PennsylvaniaKislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and ManuscriptsLJS 4229954448733503681http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779626678Lacunose 16th-century copy of a 12th-century romance about the life of Bahrām Gūr, a 5th-century king of Iran; its title (in English, Seven beauties or Seven images) refers to the seven princesses that Bahrām marries, each of whom tells the king a story as part of the narrative.PersianHaft paykar.[هفت پيکر]Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203نظامى گنجوى،former ownerPhillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872former ownerSchoenberg, Lawrence J[1v][Haft paykar].
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68 leaves : 248 x 158 (166 x 88) mm bound to 248 x 166 mmPaper, viii + 68 + viii; [1-68].Written in 2 columns of 17 lines, with additional text written diagonally in margins ruled on the top, outer, and bottom edges of the columns on each page.Written in neat nastaʻlīq script; pointed.Illuminated headpiece (f. 1v); ; columns and diagonal sections in margins outlined in gold; outer margin of text block framed in gold, green, and blue; headings in red ink.Owner's stamp: "Sir T. P. Middle Hill Mss 10465"Illuminated headpiece
Red Morocco with blue painted frame and tooled design of circles along the frame, detached. Doublure same as board covers.
Written in Iran in the 16th century.
between 1500 and 1599IranSold by bookseller Thomas Thorpe (London) to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 10465 (stamp, first flyleaf; paper label on spine).Sold at auction at Sotheby's by the Trustees of the Robinson Trust as part of a collection of Persian, Turkish, and Arabic manuscripts owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 25 November 1968, lot 233, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.StorytellingManuscripts, Persian--16th centuryManuscripts, RenaissanceCodicesRomances (document genre)FictionHistory