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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
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Some discolouration and rubbing in the lower right-hand corner.
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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
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Binding: Nineteenth-century oriental binding of red leather (rebacked) with medallions and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Elliott 254
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1595
    Language
    English, Persian
    • miniature paintings by the Mughal court artists; the margins decorated throughout with gold patterns and
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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
    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • In the foreground, a yellow dragon about to advance on them.
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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
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • exemplifying court artists' work at the beginning of Tahmasp's reign, identified with more or less certainty to
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. pers. 10
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1560-1750
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/per
    • The pictures of the second group are of lesser quality with regard to composition and figure drawing.
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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
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Contemporary binding very similar to that of Persian MS 35 (the gilt panels on the outer faces are from
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce Or. a.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1600–1699
    Language
    Persian
    • interleaved with 37 calligraphic specimens by Mir Ali al-Katib, dated 1530 (A.H. 937) on fol. 55a; and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 2946
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    1455-1456 de J.C.
    Language
    arabe, persan
    • Attributed to Hippocrates
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 550
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    17th century, 1623/24
    Language
    Persian
    • This manuscript, written in Persian, contains the story of Prince Seyf ol-Molûk and Princess Badî`ol-Jamâl
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ouseley Add. 173
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1500–1800
    Language
    English, Persian
    • An album of 33 calligraphic specimens and 34 paintings, labelled (in many cases incorrectly) by Sir Gore
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, M V 5
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, middle of Šaʿbān 871 h. [= end of March 1467]
    Language
    Arabic, Persian
    • This Persian-Arabic manuscript, written in Herat by ʿAbdallāh al-Harawī and completed Middle of Šaʿbān
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 501
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 1559
    Language
    Persian
    • written in Persian, contains a selection of the “One Hundred Sayings by Ali,” a collection of sayings and
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. pers. 21
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    16. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/per
    • 1810 in 4º und in einer anderen lithografierten Ausgabe desselben Werkes: 'Classic Selections from some
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 2839
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    Ms. du XV e siècle
    Language
    arabe, persan
    • Attributed to Hippocrates
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. pers. 132
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1091 [h.q.] [1680]
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/per
    • Although the depiction of persons is standardized and lacks individuality, the use of perspective, especially
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce Or. a.3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1600–1799
    Language
    Persian
    • Indian paintings in three sets: (1) Fourteen portraits in the Mughal styles of the courts of Shah Jehan and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce Or. b.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1575–1799
    Language
    Persian
    • Binding: 18th-century red morocco with gilt embossed medallions at corners and centrepiece.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ouseley Add. 170
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1600–1799
    Language
    Persian
    • [Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy]
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce Or. b. 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1600–1820
    Language
    Persian
    • An album of 32 Indian paintings, with 1 charcoal sketch and 3 calligraphic specimens.