Kitāb al-Manṣūrī
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Details
176 leaves (27 lines) : paper, illustrations ; 23 cm
[India?] : [producer not identified], [not before 1594]
Manuscript
In Arabic, with Persian on folio 1
Title from folio 2b, line 3
Place of production suggested by early ownership seals from the library of the Mughal Indian Emperors
Contains 6 inscriptions, dated as follows: Muḥammad, 22 Dhul qaʻdah; Azar, sanah 2 [1015 A.H.= 1606 C.E.]; Muḥaram, sanah 18 [1054 A.H. = 1645 C.E.]; and 8 Jamadi al-thāni, sanah 22 [A.H. 1058 = 1648 C.E.]; Safar, sanah 27 [1063 A.H.= 1653 C.E.]; 1068 A.H.=1657 C.E.; 1069 A.H.=1658 C.E.
Written in black and red Arabic nasta'liq script, with elements of naskh. Each new entry introduced in red; one illuminated headpiece; text set in gold rulings on cream-colored paper
Contains 6 unrelated illustrations depicting images likely from the Persian romantic allegory, Khusraw va Shirin, by the 13th-century poet Nizami. Illustrations set in gold and black rulings
Blind-tooled leather binding with envelope flap, scalloped central medallion, and cornerpieces
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