Harvard Art Museums > 24.2015: Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi 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 Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi , 24.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352099. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 24.2015 Title Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date 1615 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352099 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper; gilt-stamped leather binding Dimensions 24 x 14 cm (9 7/16 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 24.2015 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 manuscript opens with a lavishly gilded and richly illuminated double-page frontispiece. The text is copied in naskh in four columns and twenty-five lines to a page. Four other headings at the beginning of each chapter (daftar) are exquisitely illuminated and enclosed in floral decorations on the margins. The colophons at the end of these books indicate that they were finished in Rabi II 1019 (June-July 1610), 7 Shawwal 1019 (23 December 1610), 25 Dhu al-hijjah 1020 (28 February 1612), 8 Rabi II 1024 (7 May 1615) spanning five years. The light brown binding with lighter-tone flap has a gilt-stamped central medallion depicting a bird on a tree, a rabbit and a fox. The inner covers of burgundy color carry a central medallion and pendants, which are decorated with arabesque filigrees on blue, green and white grounds. During the binding repair the lower board has been installed upside-down. Related Works 24.2015.1 First flyleaf (short note recto; blank verso of folio 1), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.2 Later notes (notes recto; blank verso of folio 2), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.3 Sarlawh of the double-page illuminated frontispiece; ownership notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 3), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.4 Left half of the double-page illuminated frontispiece (illuminated frontispiece recto; text verso of folio 4), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.25 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.47 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 47), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.48 Colophon of the first section; the sarlawh of the second section (colophon recto; sarlawh verso of folio 48), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.49 Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 49), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.89 Colophon of the second section (colophon recto; text verso of folio 89), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.90 The sarlawh of the third section (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 90), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.91 Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 91), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.137 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.144 Colophon of the third section (colophon recto; blank verso of folio 144), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.145 The sarlawh of the fourth section (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 145), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.146 Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 146), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.153 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.188 Colophon of the fourth section (colophon recto; blank verso of folio 188), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.189 Illuminated sarlawh of the fifth section (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 189), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.190 Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text folio (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 190), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rum Manuscripts 24.2015.239 Text folio (text recto; blank verso of folio 239), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.240 Illuminated sarlawh of the sixth section (blank recto; sarlawh verso of folio 240), folio from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.241 Illuminated margin and interlinear gilt text folio (illumination and gilt recto; text verso of folio 241), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts 24.2015.294 Text folio with the colophon of the sixth section (text recto; blank verso of folio 294), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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