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Item ID | 137 | |||
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Accession Number | 85.46.2 |  |
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Category | Books, Manuscripts and Documents | |
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Item Type | Illustrated Manuscript | |
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Title | Illustrated Judeo-Persian Manuscript | |
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Creation Place | Iran, Isfahan | |
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Date Created | 19th-20th century | |
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Physical Description | Recto: watercolor and ink; black and red double frame; text above and beneath the drawing (six men, four standing, one sitting and one reclining). Verso: text in two columns; purple ink; in the top center, characters in large, square script. | |
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Description | Recto: image depicting Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dream (after Genesis 41) with Judeo-Persian captions. Verso: Judeo-Persian text in two columns; cursive and square script, referencing Joseph and Zuleyka (name attributed to Potiphar's wife, see Genesis 39), from Mowlānā Shāhīn (fl. 14th century), "Yūsuf va Zulaykhā" (Joseph and Zulaykha), a Judeo-Persian epic based on biblical, qur’anic, midrashic, and Muslim legendary sources. | |
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Medium | ink, watercolor on paper | |
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Script | Hebrew | |
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Language | Judeo-Persian | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=137 | |
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4714564893/ | |||
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Link to Flickr.com | http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4714565499/ |
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