[Two Persian miniatures]
Contributors: Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1800
Place of publication: India?
Language: per
Subjects: Indic Illumination of books and manuscripts; Specimens; Persian Manuscripts
Description: Two miniatures both taken from the same manuscript, possibly one of the Nasīhatnāmah. The first miniature (dimensions 148 x 110 mm) depicts the king talking to a standing figure while four other figures sit in waiting. The second miniature (dimensions 120 x 115 mm) from chapter 13 of the text (on avoiding people who betray others) depicts the king conversing with a kneeling person in green while a second kneeling person in orange turns to say something to the two men standing behind him.

Two miniatures both taken from the same manuscript, possibly one of the Naīatnāmah. The first miniature (dimensions 148 x 110 mm) depicts the king talking to a standing figure while four other figures sit in waiting. The second miniature (dimensions 120 x 115 mm) from chapter 13 of the text (on avoiding people who betray others) depicts the king conversing with a kneeling person in green while a second kneeling person in orange turns to say something to the two men standing behind him.
Notes: Manuscript leaves.

Layout: Written in 19 long lines.

Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.

Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in beige, black, red, blue with page-opening frame-rule in blue; rubrications in red; half-page illustrations in pastel colors (f. 1r, 2r).

Origin: The item is undated; perhaps produced in India in the 19th century.

Shelfmark: MS Or 405 - GREY BOX.

Note in English describing the leaves pasted to verso of first leaf.

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Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Libraries, 2020. Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2021, funded by CLIR.

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Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. ("David Eugene Smith Library" stamp on verso.)

Persian.

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