| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Oriental manuscripts and miniatures |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 1997 |
| Physical desc. |
88 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
15/10/1997 |
| Includes a loosely inserted printed list of sale results. |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 13, lot 4 (comparison with Is 1459); p. 14, lot 6 (Blue Qur'an, Is 1405); p. 16, lot 8 (Is 1607); p. 17-18, lot 10 (Is 1436); p. 19, lot 11 (section of a thirty-part Mamluk Qur'an made Amir Aytmish al-Bajasi [d. 1400]; possibly linked to Is 1478 and Is 1495); p. 22-23, lot 14 (Is 1609); p. 49, lot 36 (Majma' al-Tavarikh, c.1425, possibly Per 105); p. 50, lot 38 (Inju court Shahnama, 1341, Per 110); p. 72, lot 61 (folio from volume 4 of a manuscript of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: 'Prophet Muhammad subdues a dragon in the presence of the archangels Gabriel and Michael'. 'The present leaf would have been located between folios 57 and 60 in the present Chester Beatty volume' [T 419]; entry lists the whereabouts of the other volumes, and focuses on volume 4: 'The exact movements of volume IV since its completion in 1594 are uncertain, but by June 1939 it had surfaced in Cairo, where about 53 leaves were detached and sold to various collectors, principally Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha. [...] By the time Chester Beatty was able to acquire volume IV, it was already lacking these leaves'. Entry also lists dates and auctions where those leaves were sold.); p. 76-77, lot 65 (comparison with In 34.7 and In 72.5). |
| Page 61, lot 48: 'Property of a Lady': 'Two kylins in combat, Persia, probably Isfahan, early 17th century' (formerly in the collection of Dr W.B. Manley, sold 14 July 1971, lot 300 [26B]). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 15 October 1997, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1436 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1478 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1495 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1607 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1609 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 105 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 110 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419 |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
