Calligraphy in nasta`liq script in Arabic

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2014.126
Title: Calligraphy in nasta`liq script in Arabic
Classification: Albums
Work Type: album folio
Date: 16th-17th century
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period: Safavid period
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/351367

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: framed: 39 x 33 cm (15 3/8 x 13 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA, (by 1963), by inheritance; to his daughter, Mabel Hobart Cabot, Cambridge, MA , (1963-2014), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, June 2014.

Richard Bryant Hobart (b. 1885 – d. 1963),

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mabel H. Cabot in memory of her father Richard B. Hobart
Accession Year: 2014
Object Number: 2014.126
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The central panel of this album folio consists of four lines of Arabic poetry written in nasta`liq script on light brown paper. The calligraphy is surrounded by floral illumination on a gold ground. Two decorative borders frame the central panel. The text references the Shura, a consultative body of prominent members of the Qurayshi tribe who in the year 644 were tasked to name the third leader of the Muslim community, following the death of the caliph Umar.

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