Makhzan al-asrar (Treasury of secrets) by Haydar Khwarazmi (d.1414?)
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Period
1577-78 ? (985 A.H. ?) -
Geography
Khurasan, Iran (present-day Afghanistan) -
Material
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W x D (closed): 33.1 x 21 x 2.1 cm (13 1/16 x 8 1/4 x 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
S1986.54 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1986.54
Object Details
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Calligrapher
Mir Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550) -
Description
Manuscript; Makhzan al-asrar (Treasury of secrets) by Haydar Khwarazmi; ChaghatayTurkish in black and white nasta'liq script; 32 folios with a double-page frontispiece (fols.2verso, and 3recto), illuminated headings, 9 paintings (fols.1 recto, 10 recto, 12 recto, 14 recto, 17 recto, 19 recto, 22 verso, 24 recto, 26 recto), and a dated colophon (folio 32 recto); seals (fols.2 and 32 recto); inscriptions (fols.1 recto, 31 recto); standard page: 2 columns, 12 lines of text.Binding: The manuscript is bound in leather over paper pasteboards stamped with the name of Vever; the lower and upper covers both have a border of multiple fillets. -
Marks
Seals: (fols. 2, 31 recto, oval) his slave Muhammad b. Muhammad Riza Mahdi. -
Inscriptions
Fol. 2 recto: "the book of Makhzan al-asrar of Haydar Tilba, copied by Ali al-Katib, the date of the month of Rabi' I." -
Provenance
To 1908Reza Khan Monif, Paris, France. [1]From 1908 to 1942Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Reza Khan Monif, Paris, France on April 9, 1908. [2]From 1942 to 1986Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [3]From 1986Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [4]Notes:[1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 400. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 229.[2] See note 1.[3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.[4] See note 3. -
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection -
Exhibition History
Beauty and Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Arts of Islamic Culture (February 24, 2012 to January 13, 2013)Love and Yearning: Mystical and Moral Themes in Persian Painting (August 30, 2003 to February 22, 2004)Other Worldly Visions: Persian and Indian Paintings from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (March 27, 1998 to May 10, 1998)Crushed Lapis and Burnished Gold: The Art of Illumination (June 9 to December 8, 1991)A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)International Exhibition of Persian Art (January 7 to March 7, 1931) -
Previous custodian or owner
Henri Vever (1854-1942)Reiza Khan MonifFrancois Mautin (1907-2003) -
Origin
Khurasan, Iran (present-day Afghanistan) -
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler -
Type
Manuscript -
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