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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 856
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    fa
    • strong>Decoration: The manuscript at present contains 16 miniatures (though there must have
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    24 Rabi' II, 824 AH (1421 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • The doublures each have a large medallion with pendants and corner pieces, consisting of cut-out work
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Safar 849 (1445 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • There is also a peony and a stream in the foreground.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 908
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Tuesday, 8 Rabi' II 1038 (1628 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • Also formerly part of the collection of the orientalist Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838).
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    12 Dhu'l-hijja 1041 AH (1632 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • Folio 27a (Middle): The constellation of the Scales, also represented as a young woman, on a starry