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W.653, Anthology of Persian poetry

Abstract

This illuminated and illustrated anthology was compiled in 1105 AH / 1693 CE in Safavid Iran. The manuscript includes works by such poets as Jāmī, Azārī, Fayz̤ī, Navāʾī, and Saʿdī. The margins of colored and marbled paper are decorated with stenciled, illuminated, and painted motifs, including an angel, a young man reading a book, a youth pouring wine, and various animals. There are five paintings in the codex (fols. 8b, 16b, 17a, 19b, and 24b). The green leather binding is not original to the codex and probably dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.

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    1. Upper board outside

      W.653, Upper board outside
    2. Upper board inside

      W.653, Upper board inside
    3. fol. 1a

      W.653, fol. 1a
    4. fol. 1b

      W.653, fol. 1b
    5. fol. 2a

      W.653, fol. 2a
    6. fol. 2b

      W.653, fol. 2b
    7. fol. 3a

      W.653, fol. 3a
    8. fol. 3b

      W.653, fol. 3b
    9. fol. 4a

      W.653, fol. 4a
    10. fol. 4b

      W.653, fol. 4b
    11. fol. 5a

      W.653, fol. 5a
    12. fol. 5b

      W.653, fol. 5b
    13. fol. 6a

      W.653, fol. 6a
    14. fol. 6b

      W.653, fol. 6b
    15. fol. 7a

      W.653, fol. 7a
    16. fol. 7b

      W.653, fol. 7b
    17. fol. 8a

      W.653, fol. 8a
    18. fol. 8b

      W.653, fol. 8b
    19. fol. 9a

      W.653, fol. 9a
    20. fol. 9b

      W.653, fol. 9b
    21. fol. 10a

      W.653, fol. 10a
    22. fol. 10b

      W.653, fol. 10b
    23. fol. 11a

      W.653, fol. 11a
    24. fol. 11b

      W.653, fol. 11b
    25. fol. 12a

      W.653, fol. 12a
    26. fol. 12b

      W.653, fol. 12b
    27. fol. 13a

      W.653, fol. 13a
    28. fol. 13b

      W.653, fol. 13b
    29. fol. 14a

      W.653, fol. 14a
    30. fol. 14b

      W.653, fol. 14b
    31. fol. 15a

      W.653, fol. 15a
    32. fol. 15b

      W.653, fol. 15b
    33. fol. 16a

      W.653, fol. 16a
    34. fol. 16b

      W.653, fol. 16b
    35. fol. 17a

      W.653, fol. 17a
    36. fol. 17b

      W.653, fol. 17b
    37. fol. 18a

      W.653, fol. 18a
    38. fol. 18b

      W.653, fol. 18b
    39. fol. 19a

      W.653, fol. 19a
    40. fol. 19b

      W.653, fol. 19b
    41. fol. 20a

      W.653, fol. 20a
    42. fol. 20b

      W.653, fol. 20b
    43. fol. 21a

      W.653, fol. 21a
    44. fol. 21b

      W.653, fol. 21b
    45. fol. 22a

      W.653, fol. 22a
    46. fol. 22b

      W.653, fol. 22b
    47. fol. 23a

      W.653, fol. 23a
    48. fol. 23b

      W.653, fol. 23b
    49. fol. 24a

      W.653, fol. 24a
    50. fol. 24b

      W.653, fol. 24b
    51. fol. 25a

      W.653, fol. 25a
    52. fol. 25b

      W.653, fol. 25b
    53. fol. 26a

      W.653, fol. 26a
    54. fol. 26b

      W.653, fol. 26b
    55. fol. 27a

      W.653, fol. 27a
    56. fol. 27b

      W.653, fol. 27b
    57. fol. 28a

      W.653, fol. 28a
    58. fol. 28b

      W.653, fol. 28b
    59. fol. 29a

      W.653, fol. 29a
    60. fol. 29b

      W.653, fol. 29b
    61. fol. 30a

      W.653, fol. 30a
    62. fol. 30b

      W.653, fol. 30b
    63. fol. 31a

      W.653, fol. 31a
    64. fol. 31b

      W.653, fol. 31b
    65. fol. 32a

      W.653, fol. 32a
    66. fol. 32b

      W.653, fol. 32b
    67. Lower board inside

      W.653, Lower board inside
    68. Lower board outside

      W.653, Lower board outside
    69. Spine

      W.653, Spine
    70. Fore-edge

      W.653, Fore-edge
    71. Head

      W.653, Head
    72. Tail

      W.653, Tail

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