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Names: Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1540 - 1545 (Approximate); Place: Shîrâz?
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 49
Topics: Mountains; Birds; Animals; Manuscripts, Persian; Shīrāz (Iran)
Genres: Illuminations; Manuscripts; Miniatures (Illuminations)
Notes: Acquisition: Purchased in Cairo, 1953.; Content: Incipit: al-'azamah lak va al-kibrîyâ' jalâlak Allâhumma yâ qâyim al-zât ...; Citation/reference: Schmitz, II.5.; Language: In Persian translation by an unknown author.; Date: Copied ca. 947/1540, probably in Shīrāz.
Physical Description: Extent: 371 folios. 23 x 13 cm (trimmed) ; 480 miniatures; Polished dark cream paper with replacement pages (ff.41-42, 54-68); Cream paper doubures are modern.; Nasta''lîq.; Missing folios: 2 or 3 folios after fol. 95, 1 folio after fol. 111, 1 - after fol. 290, 2 - after folio 371 (end)
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: Other local Identifier: Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 49; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8589ea70-c607-012f-ac01-58d385a7bc34

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