Folio from a Rawdat al-safa Garden of felicity by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: illuminated text; verso: text

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Period
1571-1572 -
Geography
Shiraz, Iran -
Material
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W: 40.6 x 24.4 cm (16 x 9 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
S1986.236 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.236
Object Details
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Calligrapher
Inayatullah al-katib al-Shirazi -
Author
Khwandshah (Mirkhwand) -
Description
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of a Rawdat al-safa fi sirat al-anbiya' wa-al -muluk wa-al-khulafa (Garden of purity on the lives of the prophets, kings, and caliphs) by Muhammad b. Khwandshah (known as Mirkhwand); Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illuminated text, one column, twenty-five lines; verso: text, one column, twenty-five lines; one of a group of twenty folios.Border: The recto is set in gold and black rulings on a paper with floral motifs; the verso is set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper. -
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection -
Origin
Shiraz, Iran -
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler -
Type
Manuscript -
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