Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 25900
- Record Id:
- 032-002030095
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002030095
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0001c5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 25900
- Title:
-
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, Khamsah
- Scope & Content:
-
The five poems making up the Khamsah by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (1140 or 41-1202 or 3), containing 19 whole-page miniatures, one (f. 41r) contemporary; 14 in the Herat later-Timurid style; and four (ff 234v, 245v, 250v and 271v) in the Tabriz/Safavid style of c. 1535-40. Three paintings ( ff. 121v, 161r and 231v) are attributed to Bihzad.
Consists of:
Add MS 25900, ff 5v-30v : Makhzan al-asrār
Add MS 25900, ff 31v-100v: Khusraw u Shīrīn
Add MS 25900, ff 101v-150v: Laylā u Majnūn
Add MS 25900, ff 151v-205r: Haft paykar
Add MS 25900, ff 206v-319v: Iskandarnāmah
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002030095", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 25900: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, Khamsah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002030095
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002030095
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
319 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_25900 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Unspecified
- Start Date:
- 1442
- End Date:
- 1443
- Date Range:
- 1442-1443
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Paper
Dimensions: [leaf] 191 mm x 121 mm
- Custodial History:
- Acquired by James R. Ballantyne, Nov. 1837. Purchased by the British Museum from Mrs. Ballantyne 12 November 1864
- Publications:
-
Ch. Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1879- 1883), p. 570
Norah M. Titley, Miniatures from Persian Manuscripts: a Catalogue and Subject Index of Paintings from Persia, India and Turkey in the British Library and the British Museum (London, 1977), p. 137
- Exhibitions:
- The Montefeltro and the Islamic Orient. Urbino, 1430-1550. The Ducal Palace between West and East, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino, 23 June 2018 - 30 September 2018
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)