2002.50.137: Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
ManuscriptsIdentification 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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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.
Verification Level
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