Folio from Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d.1492)

Object Details

• Author

  Jami (died 1492)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: text, 2 columns, 14 lines; verso: text, The beauty of love is a bird which flies from the nest of unity to the grove of multiplicity, beloved and lover are both part of this unity and multiplicity, 2 columns, 14 lines; one of a group of 13 folios.

  Border: The recto is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with floral and animal motifs, silhouetted against a blue background. The verso is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with simurgh, ostrich, bird and landscape motifs, silhouetted against a blue background.

• Provenance

  To ?

  Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945), Berlin. [1]

  To 1937

  Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [2]

  From 1937

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  [2] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945)

  Dr. Jacob Hirsch (1874?-1955)

• Origin

  Qazvin, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• On View

  Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses

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• Name

  Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor

• Place

  Qazvin

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Animals, Yusuf, Zulaykha, Arts of the Islamic World, Phoenix, Illumination, Ostrich

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts

• On View

  Yes