Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami ( d. 1209)

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Ibn al-Mubarak Ali al-Fahraji

• Description

  Manuscript; Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; Persian in black nasta'liq script with headings in gold, red, and blue, kufic and naskhi script; 346 folios with a shamsa (fol.1 recto), double-page frontispiece (fols.1 verso-2recto), 5 unwans (fols. 30 verso, 84 verso, 155 verso, 217 verso, 302 verso), 10 illuminated folios, 32 paintings (40recto, 44 verso, 52 verso, 55 recto, 74 recto, 80 verso, 94 verso, 98 recto, 105 verso, 120 verso, 129 recto, 130 verso, 141 recto, 143 recto, 164 recto, 167 recto, 190 recto, 194 recto, 199 verso, 204 verso, 210 recto, 231 recto, 246 recto, 258 verso, 262 recto, 267 recto, 271 recto, 274 recto, 278 recto, 282 recto, 319 verso, 334 recto), and 3 colophons ( 29 verso, 301 verso, 346 recto); inscriptions (folio 346 recto); standard page: 4 columns; 21 lines of text.

  Binding: The binding has been removed and replaced with paper-lined pasteboard covers.

• Inscriptions

  Colophon: fol. 346recto:

  Colophon: fol. 346recto:

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Gods, Gardens and Elephants (June 17, 1981 to July 17, 1981)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Name

  Ibn al-Mubarak Ali al-Fahraji

• Topic

  Art, Hunting, Princess, Shamsa, Rivers, Kings and rulers, S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Landscapes, Kufic script, Prince, Turkmen period (1378 - 1508), Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (1378 - 1501), Khamsa, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script, Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts