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Title:
Divan-i Nishat
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
67 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1815
End Date:
1816
Date Range:
1815-1816
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Nashāṭ, ʻAbd al-Vahhāb, 1761?-1829?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/1424616
Nashāṭ, ʻAbd al-Vahhāb, 1761?-1829?,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/1424616
‘Ishrat
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 15958

Divan-i Nishat

Contents

1 copy of Dīvān-i Nishāṭ by ‘Abd al-Vahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, - 1828 or 1829

Title: Dīvān-i Nishāṭ
Title: دیوان نشاط

Collected poetical works of ‘Abd al-Vahhāb Iṣfahānī, called Nishāṭ (d. 1244/1828-9). This is the earliest recorded manuscript, and is also probably the first known from the hand of the renowned calligrapher Muḥammad Mahdī Farāhānī called ‘Ishrat.

Language(s): Persian
Filiation:
Author: ‘Abd al-Vahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, - 1828 or 1829 عبد الوهّاب نشاط اصفهانی

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 67 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 100 mm.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 12

12 lines.

Hand(s)

Fine calligraphic shikastah. Calligrapher Muḥammad Mahdī Farāhānī called ʻIshrat

Decoration

Fine illuminated heading, interlinear gilding and margin decoration, 1v-2r.

Additions:

Binding

The lacquered painted binding, which features a central medallion and two pendants with flowers on a red ground and floral scrolls in gold on a black ground, is attached upside-down.

History

Origin: 1815-1816 1231 (1815 - 1816) AH ; Iran.

Provenance and Acquisition

2003-05-02

Acquired from Christies sale, lot 440; 2 May 2003

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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