| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Oriental manuscripts and miniatures |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 1998 |
| Physical desc. |
83 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
29/04/1998 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 12, lot 4 (Blue Qur'an [Is 1405]); p. 19, lot 14 (Is 1607); p. 20, lot 15 (Is 1424); p. 64-65, lot 53 (folio from volume 4 of a manuscript of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: 'Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim army at the battle of Uhud'; 'Numbered 132 in red in the outer margin, the present leaf would have been located between folios 364 and 371 of the 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 a considerable number of leaves'. Entry also lists dates and auctions where those leaves were sold.); p. 77, lot 78 (Shahnama, Mughal, India, c.1600 [In 17]; p. 78-79, lot 81 (artist Mani as contributor to In 04, Iyar-i Danish). |
| Lot 34 (p. 33-48): sale and description of Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib (1125 AD), with sale price written in ink; lot 41, p. 54-57: sale and description of the Stephens Shahnama, Shiraz, Injuid, before 1352 AD. |
| Includes a loosely inserted price list of this sale and another on the same day (Fine Oriental and European rugs and carpets). |
| Post-it note at p. 23, lot 20 (Ilkhanid Qur'an, 14th century). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 29 April 1998, London. |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 17 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1424 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1607 |
| 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, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
