Detached folio from a copy of Aja’ib al-Makhluqat wa ghara’ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d. 1283)
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Period
early 15th century -
Geography
Iraq or Eastern Turkey -
Material
Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper -
Dimension
H x W (recto figure painting): 10.2 × 9 cm (4 × 3 9/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1954.33 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1954.33
Object Details
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Author
Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203-1283) -
Label
According to Al-Qazvini the sphere of the moon lies between the sphere of fire and the sphere of Mercury. It completes its orbit every 28 days moving from east to west in the sky. Because the moon's orbit is the smallest of all the heavenly spheres it moves the fastest and is thus known as "The Runner." The moon's movements affect the tides of large bodies of water and also have power over animals and men. The moon remains only two and a half days in each sign of the zodiac. -
Provenance
To 1945Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945). [1]To 1954Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [2]From 1954Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Paul Kempner, New York on behalf of Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [3]Notes:[1] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 2. “The manuscript was originally acquired by Prof. Friedrich Sarre in Algiers”.[2] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 1. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.[3] See note 2. See also invoice dated July 22, 1954 and correspondences between Dr. Paul Kempner and the Freer Gallery, dated July 21, 1954; copies in object file. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Wonders of Creation, Oddities of Existence: An Exhibition in Celebration of Halley's Comet (February 28, 1986 to October 27, 1986)Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)Collection of Friedrich and Maria Sarre (1932)Orientalische Buchkunst (February to March, 1910)Die Ausstellung Islamischer Buchkunst im Berliner "Art of the Islamic Book" (February to April, 1910)Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Mohammedanischer Kunst in München (May to October 1910) -
Previous custodian or owner
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945)Mme. Maria Sarre (1875-1971) -
Origin
Iraq or Eastern Turkey -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Manuscript -
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