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LSC.1656
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1656
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1492-1848
Abstract: Collection consists of Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Armenian manuscripts dating from 1492-1848. The collection includes
bound manuscripts, scrolls, manuscript fragments, decorative book covers, and artifacts. Subjects include history, lexicography,
belles-lettres, theology, and philosophy.
Physical Location: Portions of the collection stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access
special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Boxes 1-4 stored off-site at SRLF; box 5 in YRL Special Collections stacks.
Boxes 1-4 stored off-site at SRLF; box 5 in YRL Special Collections stacks.
Language of Material:
Persian
, Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
, Arabic
, Armenian
.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
In 1991, for a potential future exhibition, the majority of the items in this collection were selected from two other collection
in the department: the Minasian Collection og Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1147) and the Qayani Collection of Arabic
and Persian Manuscripts (Collection 1053).
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942329963606533
[Identification of item], Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1656). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Ali Anooshahr, with assistance from Laurel McPhee, Fall 2004, in the Center For Primary Research and Training
(CFPRT).
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The collection consists of illustrated and illuminated manuscripts from the ?afawid, Ottoman, Qajar, and Timurid domains,
illustrated Armenian scrolls, decorative lacquered book covers, and several artifacts. There are eight works of belles-lettres,
including two royal correspondence handbooks (one Persian, one Ottoman Turkish); four works of a religious nature, including
two Koran fragments and a brilliantly illuminated Koran in a Qajar lacquered binding; four works of history, including manuscript
versions of unedited texts; and single volumes of lexicography, logic, and philosophy. Of particular scholarly interest is
a version of the ninth section of Kemalpasazade's Histories of the Ottoman House (
Al-daftar al-tas? min al-dafatir al-marsuma bi al-Sulaymaniyya), and
Mu?n al-Din Yazdi's Humayun nama, ya,
Mavahib-i ilahi (
Book of Humayun, or,
Divine gifts). The collection includes numerous fine examples of Nast? liq script, one striking example of Divani calligraphy, and many
beautiful leaves demonstrating ornate Qajar illumination, illustration, and decoration techniques. Artifacts include embroidered
purses and a leather book bag.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts
- Scrolls
- Book covers and artifacts
- Minasian Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1147) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts (Collection 1053) . Available in the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- Wellcome Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1148) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Persian and Arabic manuscripts in Special Collections Catalog Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (6 items) .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
manuscripts (documents) -- Arab countries.