Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209)

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; Persian in black nasta'liq script; headings in gold; 149 folios with 2 unwans (fols.1 verso and 74verso), 86 paintings (17 recto, 18 verso, 19 recto, 23 recto, 23 verso, 24 recto, 25 recto, 29 recto, 29 verso, 30 verso, 31 verso, 32 verso, 34 verso, 35 verso, 36 recto, 37 recto, 40 verso, 41 recto, 41 verso, 42 verso, 43 recto, 43 verso, 44 verso, 45 recto, 45 verso, 46 recto, 46 verso, 47 recto, 49 verso, 50 recto, 51 recto, 53 recto, 53 verso, 54 recto, 54 verso, 55 recto, 56 recto, 56 verso,57 verso, 58 recto, 58 verso, 59 verso, 60 recto, 60 verso, 61 recto, 61 verso, 62 recto, 62 verso, 63 recto, 63 verso,65 recto, 65 verso, 66 verso, 67 verso, 68 verso, 70 recto, 72 verso, 84 verso, 86 recto, 87 verso, 89 verso, 93 recto, 94 verso, 95 verso, 96 recto, 97 recto, 98 recto, 98 verso, 99 recto, 100 verso, 101 verso, 102 recto, 102 verso, 103 verso, 106 recto, 112 recto, 115 verso, 177 recto, 120 verso, 121 verso, 124 recto, 127 recto, 129 recto, 142 recto, 146 verso, 147 recto) 1 seal (folio1 recto), inscriptions (fols.1 recto, 149 verso), and 2 colophons (fols. 73 verso and 149 verso); standard page: 4 columns, 25 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in nineteenth-century brown leather over paper pasteboards with block-stamped medallions, corner pieces and doublures of marbled paper.

• Origin

  Probably Shiraz, Iran

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1400s

• Place

  Shiraz

• Topic

  Art, Turkmen period (1378 - 1508), Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (1378 - 1501), Henri Vever collection, Khamsa, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts