University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Indic 6
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS9288
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Indic 6
- Title:
- Bisnu Purān / بسن پران
- Place:
- India
- Date:
- between 1800 and 1850?
- Language:
- Persian
- Material:
- paper, illustrations
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 136, 4 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 300 x 180 (210 x 110) mm bound to 308 x 190 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Bourelier, Françoise
Bourelier, Claude
- Note:
- Title from incipit (f. 1r).
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Textblock is border-ruled in green, beige, red, and blue with the page-opening ruled in blue. Rubrications in red. The first opening has two polychrome and gold miniatures and the text in cloudbands (f. 1v-2r). Nine other miniatures in bright, primary colors also appear (f. 4v, 31r, 34v, 42v, 48v, 63v, 77v, 96v, 126r).
Binding: Papier-mâché́ covers painted and lacquered with a flowering tree within a polylobed arch on exteriors and doublures. Exterior cover trees are on a green background with yellow arch and orange frame; doublure trees are on an orange background with yellow arch and green frame. A piece of bright blue textile embroidered with white thread covers the spine.
Origin: The copy is not dated, but likely produced in the first half of the 19th century, in India.
Formerly owned by Françoise and Claude Bourelier.
Sold by Sam Fogg Rare Books & Manuscripts (London), 2016. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9972460113503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3t14tw1c/manifest
- Holding Institution:
