Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)
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Period
1548 -
Geography
Shiraz, Iran -
Material
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W (overall): 31.5 x 19 cm (12 3/8 x 7 1/2 in) -
Accession Number
F1908.199 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1908.199
Object Details
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Calligrapher
Murshid al-Shirazi -
Description
Manuscript; Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; Persian in black nasta'liq script; 430 folios with a double-page frontispiece (fols. 1 verso, 2 recto), 4 sarlawhs (fols. 129,196, 260, 382 verso), 25 paintings, 1 dated colophon (folio 430 recto), and a dated flyleaf; inscriptions (flyleaf); standard page, 4 columns, 19 lines; one of a group of 27 folios.Binding: The manuscript was originally bound in leather over paper paste boards with gold embossed tooling, filigree designs over a blue ground, fore-edge flap panels with inlaid gold leather nasta'liq script, and doublures of lacquered papier-mâché, the binding has been removed, the manuscript is now bound in brown leather. -
Inscriptions
Flyleaf: Khamsa-i Nizami khatt Morshed Khushnevis [?]."Khamsa-i Nizami by the hand of Morshed Khushnevis [?]."Alah Akbar, khamsa sheykh Nizami, be tarikh seneh 1041 hejri [?].“God is great, Khamsa Sheykh Nizami, dated [A.H. 1041] [A.D.1631]." -
Provenance
To 1908Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1908 [1]From 1908 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères, Paris, through the Bauer-Folsom Company, New York, in 1908 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See List of Persian Books and Paintings, S.I. 1592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing) -
Previous custodian or owner
Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Shiraz, Iran -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Manuscript -
On View
Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses -
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