Harvard Art Museums > 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 Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi , 24.2015.25,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/368192. Identification and Creation Object Number 24.2015.25 Title Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Other Titles Series/Book Title: Manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date 1615 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Qazvin? Period Safavid period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/368192 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper Dimensions 24 × 14 cm (9 7/16 × 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 24.2015.25 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 Manuscript of the Mathnavi-i Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi Manuscripts Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
