- Provenance
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To 1912
Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris, France. [1]From 1912 to 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Charles Vignier, Paris, France on September 12, 1912. [2]From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [3]From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [4]Notes:
[1] See 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. 232. See also 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. 399.
[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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Henri Vever 1854-1942
Charles Vignier 1863-1934
Francois Mautin 1907 - 2003
- Description
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Two manuscripts bound together: al-Kawakib al-durriya fi madh khayr al-bariyya (Celestial lights in praise of the best of the creation) known as Qasida al-burda (Ode to the Mantle of the Prophet) by Sharaf al-Din Abi Abdallah Muhammad ibn Sa'id Dalasi al-Busiri and al-Hizb al-Sayfi (Prayer of the Sword); Arabic in black, red, blue, and green muhaqqaq and naskh script; 41 folios, Qasida al-Burda: Arabic, fol. 1-28 with two illuminations (fols.1 recto and 28 recto), Al-Hizb al-Sayfi: Arabic, fols. 29-41 with one illumination (fol. 29 recto); Inscriptions on fols 28 recto and 29 recto; standard page: 3 lines of muhaqqaq and 9 lines of naskh.
Binding: The two manuscripts have no covers.
- Inscription(s)
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Fol. 1recto: "For the treasury of Our master the Sultan al-Malik al-Ashraf Abi'l-Nasr Inal."
Fol. 28recto: "At the service of the Mamluk Esinbay b. Abdullah al-Malik al-Ashrafi."
Fol. 29recto: "Abi'l-Nasr Barsbay. May God protect his kingdom forever and make firm the foundations of his empire."
- Published References
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- Georges Marteau, Henri Vever. Miniatures Persanes: tirees des collections de M.M. Henry d'Allemagne, Claude Anet, Henri Aubrey... 2 vols., Paris, June-October 1912. cat. 23, vol. 1: pl. XXIII.
- The Hague. Catalogus tentoonstelling van islamische kunst. cat. 3, p. 21.
- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 34, p. 25.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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