10.2015.1: A short prayer on the flyleaf (prayer recto; blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 10.2015.1
- Title
- A short prayer on the flyleaf (prayer recto; blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Manuscript of Du'a-yi Davazdah Imam (The Prayer of Twelve Imams) by Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tusi, and other prayers
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 1836
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
- Period
- Qajar period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/367311
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink, colors, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- 19 x 12 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 10.2015.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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The manuscript opens with an illuminated sarlawh. The text is in Arabic and is copied in large naskh, 12 lines to a page. All folios are decorated with gold floral motifs in the margins and interliner gilding.
The name of God (allahumma) and the prayer (al-salawat) are written in gold throughout the text. The manuscript was copied by Ahmed Shamlu in H. 1252/1836 according to the colophon.
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