Harvard Art Museums > 25.2015: Manuscript of Prayers 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 Prayers , 25.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352100. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 25.2015 Title Manuscript of Prayers Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date dated 1713 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352100 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper Dimensions 20 x 13 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 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 25.2015 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 thin and small manuscript of prayers contains 34 folios and opens with a beautiful illuminated sarlawh. The original Arabic text is copied in naskh in black ink, with interlinear translation into Persian in small red thulth on floral gold drawings. According to the colophon it was copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi in 1125 H (1713) in Isfahan. Ahmad b. Shams al-Din Muhammad Nayrizi (or Neyrizi) (fl. 1096-1152) was one of the greatest calligraphers of the late Safavid period, and the master of naskh and thulth. He canonized a distinct form of naskh script, known as Persian Naskh. Originally from Nayriz of Fars, he moved to Isfahan at the summon of the last Safavid ruler, Sultan Husayn where he resided from 1100 to 1134. The binding is covered with a blue cloth on the outside and plain paper on the inside. Related Works 25.2015.1 Folio with an illuminated sarlawh; table of contents (table of contents recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.2 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.3 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.19 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 19), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.20 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 20), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.22 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 22), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.31 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 31), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.32 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 32), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.33 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 33), from a manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts 25.2015.34 Text folio with the colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 34), from a manuscript of Prayers 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
