Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390)

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; Divan by Hafiz; Persian in black nasta'liq script; 185 folios with 1 double-page frontispiece (fols.1 verso, 2 recto), and 35 paintings; standard page: 2 columns, 15 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript is in a lacquer- painted binding. The doublures are of floral work on a black ground.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Origin

  Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir), India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1900s

• Name

  Solomon, King of Israel

• Place

  Kashmir, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Divan, Art, King, Henri Vever collection, Bilqis

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts