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Or 13506
Title:

Kitāb-i Kalīlah va Dimnah by ʻIbn al-Muqaffaʻ, d. ca. 760

كتاب كليله و دمنهكليله و دمنه

كتاب كليله و دمنهكليله و دمنه

Scope & Content:

Persian translation of the fables of Bidpai

Decorations:

  • Miniature: Folio 2v: (forming a double-page miniature with 3r). A king's retinue with cheetahs, horse and hawk (flaked).
  • Miniature: Folio 3r: The king enthroned surrounded by courtiers two of whom stand behind him with crossed spears. Two lions before the throne (flaked).
  • Miniature: Folio 8v: Anūshīrvān and Būrzuyah who holds the 'Book of Wisdom' (i.e. Kalīlah va Dimnah).
  • Miniature: Folio 11r: The four wise men who were ordered each to compose an instructive maxim.
  • Miniature: Folio 20r: Būrzuyah receiving his instructions before going to India.
  • Miniature: Folio 23r: Būrzuyah reporting to Anūshīrvān.
  • Miniature: Folio 31r: The man and the thief, who is masked.
  • Miniature: Folio 35v: The man who jumped into the well when pursued by a mad camel shown with his feet on the snakes, the dragon below him, rats nibbling the branches and a beehive by his head.
  • Miniature: Folio 36v: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī (rubbed).
  • Miniature: Folio 38r: The carpenter and the monkey (rubbed).
  • Miniature: Folio 41r: The lion with its courtiers, leopard, wolf and gazella and Dimnah.
  • Miniature: Folio 44v: The lion, the gazelle, Dimnah and Shanzabah, the ox.
  • Miniature: Folio 46r: The old woman trying to kill her daughter's lover (rubbed).
  • Miniature: Folio 47v: The surgeon, the shoemaker and his wife who is veiled.
  • Miniature: Folio 51r: The man killing the snake which killed the crow's fledglings. (All birds in the miniatures except owls are haloed).
  • Miniature: Folio 52v: The hare and the lion looking at their reflections in the well.
  • Miniature: Folio 58v: Dimnah with Shanzabah.
  • Miniature: Folio 63v: The lion assisted by the wolf, leopard and Dimnah treacherously attaking the camel.
  • Miniature: Folio 65r: The ducks carrying the tortoise clinging to a stick watched by astonished villagers.
  • Miniature: Folio 66v: The lion attacking Shanzabah watched by Kalīlah, Dimnah, the wolf and the leopard (rubbed).
  • Miniature: Folio 69v: The man hidden in the tree telling lies about the stolen money to the judge (rubbed).
  • Miniature: Folio 72v: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 74r: (above) The leopard telling the lion of the jackal's treachery. (Below) The lion and his mother.
  • Miniature: Folio 81v: The lion with Kalīlah, Dimnah, the leopard and the wolf.
  • Miniature: Folio 86v: The falcon tearing the eyes out of the falconer who lied.
  • Miniature: Folio 88r: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 89r: The crow and the ringdovers.
  • Miniature: Folio 93v: The crow and the rat. Fish in the pool.
  • Miniature: Folio 104r: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 111v: The elephant tricked by the hare looking at the moon's reflection.
  • Miniature: Folio 112v: The hare and the nightingale consulting the cat.
  • Miniature: Folio 115r: The monk who was tricked into thinking his sheep was a dog.
  • Miniature: Folio 117r: The dīv encouraging the thief (masked) to steal the sleeping monk's cow.
  • Miniature: Folio 118v: The carpenter under the bed listening to his wife and lover.
  • Miniature: Folio 121v: The religious man offering his daughter to the mouse.
  • Miniature: Folio 122v: The owls trapped in the cave by the crows which lit fires outside.
  • Miniature: Folio 124v: The snake and the frogs. (The artist appears to have been unfamiliar with frogs as he has drawn creatures like bear cubs).
  • Miniature: Folio 127r: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 130r: The monkey riding the tortoise (rubbed).
  • Miniature: Folio 132v: The monkey with the tortoise.
  • Miniature: Folio 134v: The lion killing the ass.
  • Miniature: Folio 135v: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī(flaked).
  • Miniature: Folio 139v: The religious man accidentally breaking his oil pot.
  • Miniature: Folio 140v: The man killing the weasel before he realised it had saved his baby's life by killing the snake. Baby in cot.
  • Miniature: Folio 143v: The rat and the cat.
  • Miniature: Folio 147v: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 149v: The king talking to the falcon Fanzah which had torn out his son's eyesafter the prince had killed its fledgling.
  • Miniature: Folio 156r: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 161v: The lion with the wolf, leopard and jackal.
  • Miniature: Folio 163r: The lion with its mother and two gazelles.
  • Miniature: Folio 169v: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 171r: The Brahmans interpreting Hīlār's dreams.
  • Miniature: Folio 172v: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
  • Miniature: Folio 176r: Hīlār with a Brahman.
  • Miniature: Folio 180r: Hīlār's wife Īrāndukht with their two sons.
  • Miniature: Folio 180v: Hīlār seeking advice from his vizier about the Brahman's interpretation of his dreams (damaged).
  • Miniature: Folio 181r: Hīlār's vizier consulting a wise man.
  • Miniature: Folio 181v: The white elephant belonging to Hīlār.
  • Miniature: Folio 182r: The other elephants of Hīlār.
  • Miniature: Folio 182v: Camel belonging to Hīlār.
  • Miniature: Folio 183r: Sword belonging to Hīlār.
  • Miniature: Folio 183v: Hīlār with Īrāndukht.
  • Miniature: Folio 184r: Hīlār with another of his wives.
  • Miniature: Folio 190v: The two doves.
  • Miniature: Folio 197r: Īrāndukht asking Hīlār for his forgiveness.
  • Miniature: Folio 200v: The man who rescued the monkey standing above the pit in which the snake, the lion and the goldsmith are still imprisoned.
  • Miniature: Folio 203r: Dābishlīm and Bīdpā'ī.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
209 folios
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Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
0707
End Date:
0707
Date Range:
707
Calendar:
Hijri qamari
Era:
AH
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions [leaf]: 22x11cm

Illustration: 3 illuminations

Miniature: 67 miniatures

Format: Codex.

Material: Chart.

Administrative Context:

Origin: Southern Iran (Shiraz?), 707 Hijri qamari (1307-1308)

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see:

Waley, Muhammad Isa. Supplementary Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1966-1998. London: British Library, 1998: p.67

Titley, Norah M. Miniatures from Persian Manuscripts. A Catalogue and Subject Index of Paintings Etc. London, 1977: pp.6-7

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Anūshīrvān, King of Persia
Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ
Naṣr Allāh Munshī, 12th century
Subjects:
Fables, Persian
Persian literature--747-1500
Persian prose literature