Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); frontispiece
Double-page frontispiece in a copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in gold nasta’liq script;Belonged to the manuscript F1908.199.
Binding: The manuscript is bound in brown leather over paper pasteboards with doublures of cream-colored paper.
- Provenance
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To 1908
Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1908 [1]From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères, Paris, through the Bauer-Folsom Company, New York, in 1908 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See List of Persian Books and Paintings, S.I. 1592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. In 1932, F1908.259-.284 were separated from F1908.199 and given their current numbers.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854 - 1919
- Description
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Double-page frontispiece in a copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in gold nasta'liq script;Belonged to the manuscript F1908.199.
Binding: The manuscript is bound in brown leather over paper pasteboards with doublures of cream-colored paper.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum
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