Colophon of Yusuf u Zulaykha from a Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)

Object Details

• Artist

  Muhhib Ali

• Patron

  Sultan Ibrahim Mirza

• Author

  Jami (died 1492)

• Description

  Folio of text from a manuscript of the Haft awrang (Seven thrones). Recto: text; verso: blank.

  Colophon of the poem "Yusuf u-Zulaikha" ("Joseph and Zulaikha") -fols. 84b-139a. This colophon gives the name of the princely patron, the scribe, Muhibb 'Ali, the librarian (kitabdar), the date, Majab 12th, 964 (May 11th, 1557), and the place of production, Mashhad.

  Folio 139 part of signature of folios 139-146

  Folio 139 single folio

• Inscriptions

  Translation of the colophon:

  Translation of the colophon:

• 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

  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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts