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Specimens of oriental calligraphy, 16th-19th centuries.
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Title:
Specimens of oriental calligraphy, 16th-19th centuriesCreator/Contributor:
Niẓāmī ʻArūz̤ī, active 1110-1161Creator/Contributor:
Haydar Tilbe, active 14th century-15th centuryCreator/Contributor:
Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657Abstract:
Collection of miscellaneous leaves and fragments.
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15uu (issued)Contents:
[1] Sanskrit mantra in Lanccha script (54 x 18 cm) -- [2] Leaf from Indian religious manuscript containing extracts from the
Puranas in Sanskrit (18th century; 10 x 16 cm) -- [3] Leaf from a Sanskrit manuscript book (undated; 24 x 15 cm) -- [4] Leaf
from a Persian manuscript containing the poems of Nidhami (dated 992 of the Muhammadan era, or about 1584 A.D.; 23 x 15 cm)
-- [5] Leaf from a Persian manuscript (Mirâj nâmeh) describing Muhammad's ascent to heaven (dated H. 1046, or 1636 A.D.;
21 x 15 cm) -- [6] Leaf from an Arabic manuscript expounding on Muhammadan doctrine (vellum, 14th century; 26 x 20 cm) --
[7] Leaf from a manuscript Koran (17th century; 30 x 19 cm) -- [8] Leaf from a Turkish work (Hadji Khalifa), printed in Constantinople,
with manuscript borders (1733; 28 x 17 cm) -- [9] Leaf from an illustrated Turkish manuscript (approximately 1600; 27 x 16
cm - Gift of Grace Bird, 1985) -- [10] Leaf from a Siamese manuscript (early 19th century; 12 x 36 cm) -- [11] Leaf of a Taliput
[palm] manuscript in Tamil, from a Buddhist temple in Ceylon (probably 18th century; 4 x 29 cm) -- [12] Leaf from a rare early
Dutch work on Japan and Siam by Francoys Caron, printed in Amsterdam (1648; 20 x 16 cm) -- [13] Leaf from a Javanese rubricated
manuscript, giving the history of Rāma (early 19th century; 33 x 21 cm).
Subject:
Manuscripts, Sanskrit -- California -- BerkeleyManuscripts, Persian -- California -- Berkeley
Manuscripts, Arabic -- California -- Berkeley
Manuscripts, Thai -- California -- Berkeley
Manuscripts, Tamil -- California -- Berkeley
Manuscripts, Javanese -- California -- Berkeley
Calligraphy -- Specimens
Palm-leaf manuscripts -- Specimens
Rāma (Hindu deity)
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Specimens of oriental calligraphy, 4MS Z43.A2.O7, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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mul
Identifier:
ff 4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.1
4MS Z43.A2 no.2
4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.3
4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.4
4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.5
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f 4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.7
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4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.9
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4MS Z43.A2.O7 no.12
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4MS Z43.A2.O7
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