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101. Johnson 54,42

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,42
Title:
The holy man and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The holy man and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 231 by 125 mm; page 302 by 193 mm. A holy man is seated on a terrace with a woman; a servant approaches with a dish. From the story of the holy man who prays for the mouse, dropped at his feet by a kite, to b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

102. Johnson 54,43

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,43
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 199 by 129 mm; page 200 by 131 mm. A buck is talking to a crow in a tree, as a tortoise dives into water and a mouse runs down a hole. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who became frien...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

103. Johnson 54,44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,44
Title:
A snake and a bird, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A snake and a bird. Mounted on 20th-century paper. 130 by 90 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. A snake climbs up a tree to attack nestlings; the mother bird is beside the nest (perhaps an inaccurate illustration to I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.143, Eastwick (1854), chapter IV, story XIV, 365, or perhaps chap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

104. Johnson 54,45

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,45
Title:
The ox Shanzabah being pulled from the marsh, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The ox Shanzabah. Two panels with eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 196 by 122 mm; page 285 by 142 mm. A group of merchants are trying to pull an ox out of a marsh; four baggage oxen in foreground. From the story of the ox, Shanzabah (Eastwick (1854), chapter I, story IV, 84; IO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

105. Johnson 54,46

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,46
Title:
The rat and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The rat and the cat. Panel of nine lines of text; slightly overpainted and rebacked. 222 by 120 mm; page 300 by 188 mm. A cat is seen in a landscape with a small temple by a pond with two ducks swimming in the foreground. From the story of the rat who makes friends with a cat (Eastwick (1854...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

106. Johnson 56,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,19
Title:
Yusuf in the slave market
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of Yusuf in the slave market. Perhaps by the same hand as J.56, 9. The drawing falls into three horizontal sections. In the central section Yusuf, with large flaming halo, stands before a group of wrangling haggling purchasers; above is a small ‘‘iwan’ and a group of men, thre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

107. Or 4122

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4122
Title:
Yusuf u Zulaikha by Jami. One double-page and twelve single miniatures. Borders with gold-painted designs.
Scope & Content:
‘Yusuf u Zulaikha’ by Jami. One double-page and twelve single miniatures. Borders with gold-painted designs. Shiraz/Safavid. ‘c.’ 1580. Literature: Rieu, Supp. p.189. Titley no. 214. f.1b. Sulaiman surrounded by angels and jinns, ‘simurghs,’ birds and animals. f.2a. Balkis surrounded by jinns...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1580
Extent:
1 Item

108. Or 4770, f.2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.2
Title:
The five Pandava brothers walking in a line.
Scope & Content:
The five Pandava brothers walking in a line, Yudhisthira carrying his ‘khadga’ over his shoulder, Bhima his mace, the other three have sheathed swords, all but Bhima have bows over the shoulder and quivers on their backs, Arjuna carries an arrow. Nakula a book and Sahadeva a jar, all dressed in ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

109. Or 4770, f.22

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.22
Title:
Prithu the first king and his wife seated on a small portable golden throne with parasol, he blue in colour and crowned, holding a khadga over his left shoulder, she a beautiful queen, both haloed.
Scope & Content:
Prithu the first king and his wife seated on a small portable golden throne with parasol, he blue in colour and crowned, holding a ‘khadga’ over his left shoulder, she a beautiful queen, both haloed. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘raj pritha. arci.’ ‘22. Rajah Pirth and his wife Artchy a Soverei...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

110. Or 4938

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4938
Title:
Twenty-three portraits and various other sketches from a 19th century Persian album, many of them by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari.
Scope & Content:
Twenty-three portraits and various other sketches from a 19th century Persian album, many of them by Abu’l Hasan Ghaffari. Qajar. Eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. Literature: Rieu, Supp. p.262. Titley no. 42. B. W. Robinson, ‘Persian Miniature Painting from Collections in the British Isles’,...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1886
Extent:
1 Item