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Bifolia and folia from a disbound illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete and the leaves are not in order, and have been paginated out of order: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Discourse 1, substantial parts of Discourses 2-4, and parts of Discourse 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners.
Support: paper; Extent: 172 leaves : 400 x 260 mm; Foliation: Paper, 172 leaves; [i, 1-35, 37, i, 38-116, i-ii, 117-217, i, 218-234, 237-240, 243-244, 247-266, 269-276, 280-303, 308-327, 330-335, 335-336, 336-338, 340, 340-355]; modern foliation in pencil, usually in the lower margin.
Written in up to 15 long lines (text block varies to accommodate illustrations); ruled in drypoint.
Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Iran?
Possibly written in Iran in the 17th century (the colophon of a possibly related manuscript has an unclear date, Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (1595) or AH 1054 (1645), though the later date is more likely).
Persian
Formerly owned by British scholar, translator, and collector Simon Digby (1932-2010).
Offered for sale at David Carritt Limited (London) in the Artemis Group exhibition Indian painting 1525-1825, 1 April-30 April 1982, no. 17.
Sold by Simon Digby to Sam Fogg Ltd. (Sam Fogg).
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, November 1998.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Iran?
Possibly written in Iran in the 17th century (the colophon of a possibly related manuscript has an unclear date, Muḥarram A.H. 1004 (1595) or AH 1054 (1645), though the later date is more likely).
Persian
Formerly owned by British scholar, translator, and collector Simon Digby
Offered for sale at David Carritt Limited
Sold by Simon Digby to Sam Fogg Ltd.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Bifolia and folia from a disbound illustrated herbal with detailed descriptions of the physical appearance and the medicinal effect of many plants, as well as some trees, minerals, and substances derived from animals. The manuscript is not complete and the leaves are not in order, and have been paginated out of order: it comprises text and illustrations from parts of Discourse 1, substantial parts of Discourses 2-4, and parts of Discourse 5. Many leaves have extensive repairs at the edges or corners.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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