Harvard Art Museums > 29.2015: Manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di) 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 Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di) , 29.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352104. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 29.2015 Title Manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan (Selections from the Bustan by Sa`di) Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date c. 1550-1600 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Safavid period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352104 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper; stamped and gilded leather binding Dimensions 22.5 × 15 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 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 29.2015 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 an exquisitely illuminated sarlawh above the text which is copied in two columns and 14 lines to a page in nasta`liq. According to the colophon the manuscript was copied by Mir Sayyid Ahmad al-Husayni who, based on a note on the first folio, was a pupil of Mir ‘Ali (Haravi). The text area is finely gold speckled. The binding is decorated with large-plate stamped and gilt leather covers, and the doublures are decorated with filigrees over colored paper ground; however, most filigrees have been damaged over time. Related Works 29.2015.1 The illuminated sarlawh; notes and seals (notes and seals recto; sarlawh verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di Manuscripts 29.2015.2 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di Manuscripts 29.2015.13 Folio (text recto, text verso of folio 13), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di Manuscripts 29.2015.23 Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 23), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di Manuscripts 29.2015.24 Inspection notes and poems in later hands (text recto; later notes verso of folio 24), from a manuscript of the Muntakhab-i Bustan by Sa`di 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
