[سرلوح ، صفحه عنوان کتاب (دیباچه کتاب)].

عنوان به انگلیسی : Illuminated “Sarloh” (Frontispiece).

عنوان به زبان عربی: سرلوح" (صدر كتاب) مزخرف.

این سرلوحه دو صفحه ای روشن باز به متن تبدیل شد که هرگز رونویسی نشده. احتمالا او قصد داشته همراه با یک حماسه شاعرانه فارسی مانند خامس نزامی باشد.

“This illuminated double-page frontispiece formed the opening to a text that was never transcribed. It probably was intended to accompany a Persian poetical epic, such as Nizami’s Khamsah (Quintet) or Firdawsi’s Shāhnāmah (Book of kings). It is also possible that it could have framed the introductory pages of a historical text or exegetical treatise. The layout does not suit the composition of the beginning of a Qurʼan, which typically includes a central medallion used for the first chapter entitled al-Fatihah (The opening). The illumination found here is called a sarlawh or sarloh, which literally signifies a tablet or panel at the top of a page. In fact, the decorative panel at the upper part of the right side of the folio is heavily ornamented with interlacing finials and geometric scrollwork, with base hues that alternate between blue, gold, and red. Immediately below the sarloh appears a gold rectangular cartouche left blank but originally included to contain the work’s title. All around the margins of the folios appear vines of leaves and flowers; their light-pink and blue tones give the composition a shimmering quality. Such illumination—with its combination of reds and blues, as well as the lighter blue and pink tones—appears in Persian manuscripts of the 18th century. Unlike earlier illuminated patterns, which are dominated by dark blues and blacks, the palette of this piece is lighter and reveals some of the color innovations in illuminated frontispieces after the waning of the Timurid mode.”—library of congress

The Library of Congress donated copies of the digitized material (along with extensive bibliographic records) containing more than 163,000 pages of documents to ACKU, the collections that include thousands of historical, cultural, and scholarly materials dating from the early 1300s to the 1990s includes books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, newspapers and periodicals related to Afghanistan in Pushto, Dari, as well as in English, French, German, Russian and other European languages ACKU has a PDF copy of the item.

عنوان توسط فهرستنویس تهیه گردیده.

این نسخه فقط به شکل پی دی اف در کتابخانه موجود می باشد.

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