elaborate coloured canopy
Iran
17th Century
Source: Gerhard Endress, ‘One-Volume Libraries’ and the Traditions of Learning, 195–204.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The 'coloured canopy' refers to a sarlawḥ (illuminated headpiece) or 'unwan common in Islamic manuscript tradition, typically employing lapis lazuli, vermilion, and orpiment pigments in this period (p. 200).
Original Recipe Text
The 'coloured canopy' refers to a sarlawḥ (illuminated headpiece) or 'unwan common in Islamic manuscript tradition, typically employing lapis lazuli, vermilion, and orpiment pigments in this period (p. 200).
Evidence
"the first is headed by an elaborate coloured canopy (Fig. 13)."
Remarks
The manuscript is a Multiple-Text Manuscript (MTM) written by one hand and described as uniform in every respect, despite its composite contents of 12 pieces and 396 folia (p. 200).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionIran
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorGerhard Endress, ‘One-Volume Libraries’ and the Traditions of Learning, 195–204.
CollectionMS Tehran, Madrasa-i Marwī, 19
Language
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