Kitāb-i Qaṣā'id-i 'Arabī.

کتاب قصائد عربى

Description

Main Author

Saʻdī

Related Names

McGill University. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.

Language(s)

Arabic

Published

[between 1700 and 1750]

Subjects

Calligraphy.
Poésie persane.
Calligraphie > Calligraphie / Spécimens.
Persian poetry.
Calligraphy > Calligraphy / Specimens.
Turkey.
Empire ottoman
Turkey > Turkey / Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Texts.
Specimens.
History.

Note

Calligraphy text on the both sides.
Contains illuminated round polychrom headpiece, floral illuminated design on the bottom of the diagonal column
The page is divided into three columns, the first two contains writings horizontally, the third column lines written diagonal.
Orphaned leaf, part of the Sa'dī's poetry from his Divān.
Black ink, elegant Nasta'alīq.
Between 12 and 15 lines per sheet, separating columns.
Calligraphy, title from chapter heading, Inscription of poetry from Sa'dī's Arabic qaṣīdah (panegyric) on Baghdad incident.
Manuscript.

Physical Description

1 sheet : illuminations ; 31 x 20 cm

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability