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The quintet (MS M.468).

Accession number
MS M.468
Object title
The quintet (MS M.468).
Display Date
between 1488 and 1490.
Created
Iran, probably Shīrāz, between 1488 and 1490.
Binding
Lacquer-painted covers of the second half of the 19th century.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
343 leaves (4 columns, 21 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 247 x 160 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in Rome, 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms.; written and illuminated in Iran, probably in Shīrāz, between 1488 and 1490.
Each of the six sections is dated.
Decoration: headings in gold or blue naskh; sarlauḥ and ʻunvāns are in white naskh; rulings are gold, black, and blue; the writing box is surrounded by a narrow blue border with small white crosses; 20 miniatures painted in gold, lapis, black, pale blue, orange, yellow, and white.
After fol. 160, 163-165, and 256 there are missing fol.
Script
nastaʻlīq and naskh
Language
Persian
Century
Classification