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Grenville XLI
- Record Id:
- 032-002559797
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002559797
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023431401.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Grenville XLI
- Title:
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Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ by Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent.
ديوان حافظ
- Scope & Content:
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A Mughal copy of the Dīvān-i Hāfiẓ
Decorations:
- Unwan: ʿUnwān
- Marginal: Gold-ruled margins
- Miniature: 19 miniatures, in the Indian style, and of a high degree of finish, but partly defaced
- Miniature: Folio 5r: Ḥāfiẓ walking in the desert.
- Miniature: Folio 14r: Sulaymān with his attendant jinns and angels, surrounded by birds and animals.
- Miniature: Folio 32v: Ḥāfiẓ and his companions in a tavern.
- Miniature: Folio 54r: Khusraw watching Farhād cutting the aqueduct on Mt. Bisitun.
- Miniature: Folio 66v: Ḥāfiẓ and his patron Muẓaffar sitting together in a pavilion.
- Miniature: Folio 86r: A soothsayer and his companion before a young Mughal prince.
- Miniature: Folio 104v: Manṣūr Ḥallāj being hanged.
- Miniature: Folio 112v: Nūḥ (Noah) in the ark with birds and animals.
- Miniature: Folio 115r: Yūsuf enthroned receiving his brothers.
- Miniature: Folio 135r: A prince being entertained in a garden by a kamāncheh player.
- Miniature: Folio 166r: A prince being handed a laudatory poem by a poet.
- Miniature: Folio 167r: A scene in a courtyard outside a tavern (by Madhū). Inscription on the book giving the artist's name as Ustād Madhū.
- Miniature: Folio 181v: A drunken man being reproached by his companion.
- Miniature: Folio 192r: Ḥāfiẓ with two companions.
- Miniature: Folio 200v: A prince being presented with a laudatory poem.
- Miniature: Folio 216v: Laylā visiting Majnūn in the desert.
- Miniature: Folio 228v: Scene outside a tavern and wine distillery.
- Miniature: Folio 232r: Polo players.
- Miniature: Folio 244v: A prince drinking and listening to music of the vina.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Grenville Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002559797
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002559797
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 258 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Grenville_XLI (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions [leaf]: 12.7x7.6
Unwan: ʿUnwān
Marginal: Gold-ruled margins
Miniature: 19 miniatures, in the Indian style, and of a high degree of finish, but partly defaced
Script: Written in nastaʿlīq
Condition: Wanting about forty leaves at the beginning, and not including the Qaṣīdahs
Format: Codex.
Material: Chart.
- Administrative Context:
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Origin: 16th century
- Finding Aids:
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For a more detailed catalogue entry see:
Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1879: p.629
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)