2014.126: 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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