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Persian manuscript pages collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0099
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

8 framed and unframed Persian illuminated manuscripts from 14-16th centuries.

Dates

  • 14-16th centuries

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Persian Manuscript Pages must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

A Persian miniature is a small painting, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, which probably had an influence on the origins of the Persian tradition.The art of miniature painting in Persia [now Iran] flourished from the 13th through the 16th centuries. Having been taken from their context, the specific location and date of their original creation or use is difficult to determine.

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

Persian

Additional Description

Overview

8 framed and unframed Persian illuminated manuscripts from 14-16th centuries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift to Fondren Library by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus in December, 1958. Transferred from Art Committee via Caroline Walker.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Persian manuscript pages collection
Status
Completed
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
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Houston Texas 77005 USA

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