13.2015.2: Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Identification and Creation

Object Number

13.2015.2

Title

Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Manuscript of the Ta'qibat-i Namaz

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

1817

Places

Creation Place: Middle East, Iran

Period

Qajar period

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/368025

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink 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

13.2015.2

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The text of this manuscript concerns the rituals of daily prayers in Arabic. It was copied by Muhammad 'Ali b. Muhammad Shafi' Gharib al-Vatan Tabrizi in H. 1233 (1817) according to the colophon. The text panels, consisting of five lines of vocalized naskh, are remargined with dark blue paper.
The bindings is dark blue velvet on the boards and reddish-brown leather straps on the edges.

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