Harvard Art Museums > 21.2015: Manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam , 21.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352096. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 21.2015 Title Manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date 1845 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Ottoman period Culture Ottoman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352096 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper; gilded leather binding Dimensions 20 x 14 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Object Number 21.2015 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The small manuscript of 72 folios opens with an illuminated European-style sarlawh featuring flowers and acanthus leaves. The text is written in Ottoman ta‘liq script. The preface in Ottoman Turkish is arranged in 17 lines to a page, and the verses 12 lines in two columns. Colored papers are used throughout the text. All the folios are decorated with horizontal bars in gold and blue/green separating the quatrains. The manuscript is copied by Sayyid 'Abdi in 1261/1845. The green leather binding is gilded, and the doublure (inside cove is covered with blue paper with embossed patterns. Related Works 21.2015.1 Folio with extension of the doublure’s support (blue paper with embossed patterns recto; blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.2 Frontispiece with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.3 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.6 Folio with an illumination (text recto; illumination verso of folio 6), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.7 Text folio with a decorated sarlawh (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 7), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.8 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 8), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.10 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 10), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.11 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 11), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.17 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 17), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.18 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 18), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.59 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 59), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.60 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 60), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.68 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 68), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.69 Text folio with the colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 69), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts 21.2015.72 Folio with extension of the doublure support (blank recto; blue paper with embossed patterns verso of folio 72), from a manuscript of the Ruba‘yyat by ‘Umar Khayyam Manuscripts Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
