Gulistan (Rose garden) by Sa'di (d.1291)

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Rajab ibn Khayr al-Din

• Description

  Manuscript; Gulistan (Rose garden) by Sa'di; Ottoman in black nasta'liq script with blue, gold, and white headings; 153 folios, a sarlawh (fol.2 verso), 2 paintings (103recto and 110 recto), and one dated colophon (fol. 153verso); standard page:13 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in dark-brown leather over paper pasteboards with a gold central scalloped medallion and cornerpieces. The doublures are of red leather with a central medallion in a blue ground.

• Inscriptions

  Colophon: folio 153verso:

  Colophon: folio 153verso:

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Turkish Art (May 26, 1982 to June 24, 1982)

  Turkish Art (November 1, 1980 to May 25, 1982)

  Turkish Art—Special Exhibition (August 1 to December 19, 1973)

  Special Exhibition, Near Eastern Art (September 15, 1953 to February 9, 1954)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1600s

• Name

  ibn Khayr al-Din, Rajab

• Topic

  Art, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Gulistan

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts