Second volume of a Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Bal'ami (died ca. 992-997)

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Bal'ami, volume II; Persian in black naskhi script; headings in red; 205 folios with 8 paintings (fols. 18 recto, 30verso, 53 recto, 61verso, 84 recto, 97 recto, 158 recto, 181verso); blank folios:1-12 and 188-205; seal; marginalia (fols. 168 recto, 183 recto); marginal corrections (fols. 97 recto, 141 recto, 161 recto, 179 recto); one of a group of 3: volume I, folios 79, and 84, bound within volume II, are accessioned separately as (F1957.16, F1930.21); standard page:33 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript, which was bound in a worn leather cover, is now bound in brown leather over paper pasteboards; the lower and upper covers both have a border of multiple fillets.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Provenance

  To 1947

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

  From 1947

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

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Probably Iraq

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Muhammad, Wars, Art, Tarikhnama, Arts of the Islamic World, Balami, Illustrated, Caliph Ali, History, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353), Prophet

• Culture

  Muslims, Iraqis

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts