Mihr u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by ‘Assar (died ca.1377-1390)

Object Details

• Author

  'Assar

  Shaykh Murshid al-Katib

• Description

  Manuscript; Mihr u Mushtari (the Sun and Jupiter) by Assar; Persian in black nasta'liq script; headings in gold; 233 folios, flyleaf with inscription, a double-page frontispiece (fol. 1 verso, 2 recto), 3 paintings (117recto,146verso, 161verso), inscriptions and dated colophon (fol. 233recto); seals (flyleaf, and 233recto); standard page: 2 columns, 11 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in brown leather over paper pasteboards with a scalloped central medallion and corner pieces. The doublures are of brown leather filigree over a blue paper ground.

• Inscriptions

  Colophon: fol. 233 recto:

  "The book was finished with God's help and assistance in the year [A.H.] 882,

  "The book was finished with God's help and assistance in the year [A.H.] 882,

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Shiraz, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1400s

• Name

  al-Katib, Murshid, 'Assar

• Place

  Shiraz, Sun

• Topic

  Mushtari, Art, Turkmen period (1378 - 1508), Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (1378 - 1501), Outer space, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts