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Manuscript/Mixed Material Qaṣīdah قصيدة

About this Item

Title

  • Qaṣīdah

Other Title

  • قصيدة

Summary

  • Elegies for the Shīʻah imāms.

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Imams (Shiites)--Poetry
  • -  Elegiac poetry, Persian
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Possibly written in Iran.
  • -  Paper; light cream color laid paper with faint vertical laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 17.5 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-184b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M130.
  • -  Binding; reddish brown leather, lightly varnished; with lighter red and dark red leather sides with a diamond pattern on front and back; five embossed medallions on spine; text block loose in binding.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 3, 184 leaves (15 lines), paper : bound ; 25.8 x 16.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6439.I53 Q27 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498360

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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