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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.50.137
Title
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1561-1562
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/146654

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and gold on paper
Dimensions
37 x 23.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christies, London, 17 October 1995, lot no. 79]. [Mansour Gallery, London, before 1998] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (by 1998-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.50.137
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This text folio includes both poetry and prose written in nasta'liq script. The poetry is divided into four columns and is separated by colorful lines. The text concerns Mahmud of Ghazni, who was Firdawsi’s patron.

Published Catalogue Text: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art , written 2013
74

Text folio
Recto and verso: text
Folio: 37 × 23.5 cm (149/16 × 91/4 in.)
2002.50.137

This text folio includes both poetry and prose written in nastaʿ līq script. The poetry is divided into four columns and is separated by colorful lines. The text concerns Mahmud of Ghazni, who was Firdawsi’s patron.

Mika M. Natif

Publication History

  • Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), p. 223, cat. 74, ill.

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