Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (Free Man's Guide to the Subtleties of Poetry) by Badr al-Din Jajarmi (d. 1287); The Zodiac constellation of Pisces, the moon, and two registers of birds; reverse: text: verses of poem

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (Free Man's Guide to the Subtleties of Poetry) by Badr al-Din Jajarmi; Persian in black naskhi script; illustration and text: The Zodiac Constellation of Pisces, the moon, and two registers of birds, 2 columns, 4 lines; reverse: text: verses of poem with gold roundels, 2 columns, 17 lines.

  Border: The text and the painting have been remargined and mounted on another paper.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Falnama: The Book of Omens (October 24, 2009 to January 24, 2010)

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

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

• Origin

  Isfahan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1300s

• Place

  Isfahan

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Zodiac, Moon, Fishes, Outer space, Arts of the Islamic World, Birds, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts