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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.463
Title
Illustrated Manuscript of a Compendium of Knowledge (Jung), made for Shah Sulayman
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript cover
Date
1666-1686
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215600

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calligraphy; ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 15 cm (10 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.463
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Penley Knipe, Katherine Eremin, Marc Walton, Agnese Babini, and Georgina Rayner, Materials and Techniques of Islamic Manuscripts, Heritage Science, Heritage Science (https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0217-y, 2018), 6, 55, Figure 18 a-b, Page 29
  • Penley Knipe, Katherine Beaty, Georgina Rayner, and Katherine Eremin, "Technical Notes on the Illustrated Manuscript of a Jung (Multiple-text Manuscript) from the Harvard Art Museums", Manuscript Cultures, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (2024), vol. 22, pp. 51-61, figs. 1-9

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/03/2015 - 04/26/2016

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Verification Level

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