Eight lines of calligraphy in Nastaliq script

Calligraphy in Nastaliq script. Includes eight lines, begins with praise of God and the messengers. Long live all nations and Russia and so on. Illuminated with floral design in gold with red and blue detail. Nastaliq script is one of the main script styles used in writing the Perso-Arabic script an...

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Archive & Special Collections PP MS 95/07/01 Restrictions

Order number: PP MS 95, Box 9
Date(s) of creation: n.d.
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id PP_MS_95.07.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with PP MS 95, Box 9
callnumber PP MS 95/07/01
callnumber_txt PP MS 95/07/01
callnumber-sort PP MS 95/07/01
prefix_number 01
scb_previous_numbers SOASAW 2011.0236.01
title Eight lines of calligraphy in Nastaliq script
scb_date_creation n.d.
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 piece
format Archive
scb_custodial_history Following its donation to SOAS by the Fereydoun Djam Charitable Trust in 2011, this item was held in the SOAS Brunei Gallery art collection between 2011-2015 [Reference: SOASAW 2011.0236.01]
description Calligraphy in Nastaliq script. Includes eight lines, begins with praise of God and the messengers. Long live all nations and Russia and so on. Illuminated with floral design in gold with red and blue detail. Nastaliq script is one of the main script styles used in writing the Perso-Arabic script and the predominant style in Persian calligraphy. Calligraphy on paper. Calligrapher: unknown. 1 Sheet. Dimensions: 430 x 370 mm
scb_access_status Restrictions
scb_conditions_gov_access Open access. However, due to the format of the item, please contact SOAS Library in advance of your visit.
language Persian
language_search Persian
scb_scripts_material Arabic (Nastaliq variant)
note Removed from wooden frame by SOAS Brunei Gallery staff before transfer to SOAS Library
hierarchy_top_id_raw PP MS 95
hierarchy_sequence PP_MS_95.0007.0001

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