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Or 4122
- Record Id:
- 032-003283376
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003283376
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035587512.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100158349518.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4122
- Title:
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Yusuf u Zulaikha by Jami. One double-page and twelve single miniatures. Borders with gold-painted designs.
- Scope & Content:
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‘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 and angels.
f.38b. Zulaikha overcome by her love for Yusuf comforted by her nurse.
f.5lb. Ambassadors asking Taimus for Zulaikha’s hand in marriage.
f.69a. Jibra‘il holding the bucket steady for Yusuf in the well.
f.73a. Yusuf bathing in the Nile helped by the merchants.
f.76b. Zulaikha watching the old woman bidding for Yusuf.
f.87b. Yusuf acting as a shepherd.
f.98b. Yusuf in the garden with Zulaikha’s handmaidens.
f.101a. Yusuf and Zulaikha in the garden.
f.140b. Yusuf being honoured by the King of Egypt after his release from prison.
f.155b. Yusuf and Zulaikha.
ff.177b-178a. A banquet being prepared while a princess is entertained by music in a garden.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003283376
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003283376
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100158349518.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Persian style
Safavid style
Safavid/Shiraz style - Start Date:
- 1579
- End Date:
- 1581
- Date Range:
- c 1580
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- N.M. Titley, Miniatures from Persian manuscripts in the British Library and British Museum (London, 1977), 214
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)