Mathnavi heading folio (replacement) from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold), first daftar (book) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d.1492)

Object Details

• Description

  Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; one of nine sarlawhs from the Haft awrang (F1946.12.1verso, F1946.12.47 verso, F1946.12.70 verso, F1946.12.84 verso, F1946.12.140 verso, F1946.12.182 verso, F1946.12.200 verso, F1946.12.225 verso, F1946.12.273 verso); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: blank with inscription; verso: sarlawh (replacement folio), four columns, sixteen lines of text, one of a group of 304 folios.

  Border: The text is set in multicolored rulings on a blue ground with gold floral motifs.

• Inscriptions

  Recto: "Mula Jami."

• Provenance

  To 1946

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

  From 1946

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

  From the Hand of Mani (January 18, 1985 to July 5, 1985)

  Art of the Court of Shah Tahmasp (December 16, 1979 to August 14, 1980)

  Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)

  2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Pottery (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)

  Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)

  Near Eastern Art (June 5, 1964 to August 18, 1967)

  Special Exhibition Afghanistan (September 3, 1963 to June 5, 1964)

  Special Exhibition of Persian Art (May 1, 1960 to August 11, 1961)

  Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1700s, 1890s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Art, Haft awrang, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Poetry

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts