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Add MS 7759
- Record Id:
- 032-003080402
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003080402
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025777477.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7759
- Title:
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Ḥāfiẓ, Dīvān
- Scope & Content:
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Collected poems of Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī (d. 792/1389), copied by Sulayman al-Fushanji in Ramazan 855/October 1451. Although no place is mentioned in the colophon, the name of the scribe may be connected to Fushanj in the province of Herat, Afghanistan, possibly suggesting Herat as a place of origin.
The imported Chinese paper is unusually heavy and includes 31 pages decorated with Chinese ornamentation of which seven can be identified as containing designs of bamboos, pomegranates and other plants while twelve show Chinese landscapes and buildings. The paper is coloured various shades of orange, pink, blue, yellow/green, grey and purple.
Contents include: f1v: ghazals in alphabetical order; f. 132r: masnavis f. 134v: qiṭahs; f. 138v: rubāʻīs.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003080402
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003080402
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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codex: ff. ii+141+ii
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_7759 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1451
- End Date:
- 1451
- Date Range:
- 1451
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Herat? Ramazan 855 (October 1451)
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Chinese paper.
Dimensions [leaf]: 171 x 108 mm.
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Ruling: 14 lines per page in 2 columns.
Script: Nastaʻlīq; the scribe is Sulayman al-Fushanji.
Ink: Black ink, with gold or red headings.
Decoration: Illuminated title page with central rosette (shamsah); illuminated headings (f. 1v); ruled margins in gold and blue; gold-sprinkled paper decorated with Chinese landscapes and flowers in gold; paper is coloured various shades of orange, pink, blue, yellow/green, grey and purple.
Binding: Dark Islamic leather binding with gold central oval, pendants and corner pieces with floral pattern, gold ‘rope’ borders; red leather doublures with central oval, pendants and corner pieces with floral pattern in blue and black, outlined in gold, gold ‘rope’ borders.
Seals: f. 6r, 18r eight-lobed seal (unread).
- Custodial History:
- Previously belonged to Claudius James Rich (1787-1821)
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased of Mary Rich, widow of CJ Rich, May 1825.
- Finding Aids:
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Ch. Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1879-1883), pp. 627-8
- Exhibitions:
- Epic Iran, V&A, London, 29 May 2021 - 12 September 2021
Ming: Courts and Contacts, The British Museum, London, 18 September 2014 - 5 January 2015
Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural, Asmolean Museum, Oxford, 20 October 2016 - 15 January 2017 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Divan of Hafiz, Herat, 1451. Exhibited: Ming: Courts and Contacts, The British Museum, London, 18 September 2014 - 5 January 2015