Miniature of two lovers and fragment on childbirth.

Item Info

Title:
Miniature of two lovers and fragment on childbirth.
Date:
1700? to 1799?
Description:

  • Manuscript fragment with text on the recto and a miniature on the verso. The miniature portrays two lovers in Indian dress reclining on a large pillow on a patio with a lake behind them. The text consists of part of two sections on childbirth.

  • Manuscript leaf.

  • Title devised by cataloger.

  • Physical description: 11 lines per page, written in nastaʻlīq on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in red and blue; headings in red. Recto has been patched. Miniature is framed in gold, blue and red.

  • Acquired as part of the Frank Baker Papers.

  • Incipit at section heading: فصل وى الشواشره يعنى بلندى ناف و وى اگر يوم ولادت باشد

Subject:
Format:
Language:
Persian
Extent:
1 leaf : color illustration ; 150 x 119 mm
Digital Collection:
Early Manuscripts collection
Catalog Record:
https://search.library.duke.edu/nde/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01DUKE_INST:DUKE&search_scope=MyInstitution&docid=alma990080197790108501
Related Resources:
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Provenance:
Gift; Frank Baker; 2017.
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • 990080197790108501
  • emspn01007
  • ark:/87924/r42v2sw83
  • 8e5896b2-4be0-4a1b-84b6-da3d4384bce0
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