Manuscript/Mixed Material [Essays on entertainment]

Title

• [Essays on entertainment]

Summary

• Illustrated erotic work.

Names

• Muḥammad Ṣadr al-Dīn

Created / Published

• [18th century?]

Headings

• -  Erotic literature--Early works to 1800
• -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
• -  India--Hyderabad

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Persian.
• -  Title from paper label on spine.
• -  Scribe not identified.
• -  Written in Hyderabad, India.
• -  Paper; beige, rather stiff, heavy paper; the script is in black and red and there are simple red and black framing lines around the texts; there is quite a bit of insect damage in the text pages at the end; the damage has been patched, but amateurly; the patches cover the script, which is still legible through the patches.
• -  Nastaʻliq.
• -  15 erotic illustrations with one apparently missing; all of the paintings seem to be done in rather heavy gouache, possible with watercolor; many paintings are brittle and some are missing entire sections, or they are cracked near the gutters.
• -  [Collation]
• -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M108.
• -  Binding: brilliant blue silk(?) moiré-pattered covers; a strip of mottled black/brown leather, decorated with a gold-patterned border, runs along the edges of the spine front and back covers; the corners are in black leather, also with gold patterned borders; the spine itself is burnished deep brown leather; the inside covers and end papers are pinkish-rose paper.
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

• 133 leaves (? lines), paper : bound ; 22.3 x 12.7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• HQ461 .M84 1700z

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m108

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2017498366

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2017498366

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