- Provenance
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From at least 1912
Tony Smet. [1]To 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France. [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 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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Tony Smet
Henri Vever 1854-1942
Francois Mautin 1907 - 2003
- Description
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Manuscript; Tuhfat al-ahrar (Gift of the free) by Jami; Persian in black, gold and white nasta'liq script; 59 folios with a sarlawh (folio2 verso), three paintings (fols.1 recto,2 verso, 25 recto), dated colophon (folio 59 recto); seals (fols.1 recto and 59 recto); inscriptions (folio1 recto); standard page: 2 columns, 14 lines of text.
Binding: The manuscript was in a lacquer-painted binding, the binding has been removed, the manuscript is now bound in leather over paper pasteboards stamped with the name of Vever.
- Inscription(s)
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Fol.1 recto: "This Tuhfat al-ahrar of Mulla Abd al-Rahman Jami entered the library of his gracious highness the prince, the most glorious, the great Na'ib al-Sultana. May God prolong his life and glory... during the year [A.H.] 1260 [A.D. 1844-45]. One thousand two hundred and sixty of the Hegira, prayer upon his pure descendants. Written by Riza-Quli, the servant of his majesty."
Fol. 59 recto: "the book was finished at the end of the holy month of Muharram in the year [A.H.] 966 [A.D. November 1558] by the hand of the poor sinful Baba Mirak al-Katib al-Tashkandi. May God forgive his sins and disregard his faults.
Seals: square, fol. 1 recto: from the God of both worlds, gift of Mustafa Haravi [A.H.] 1180 [A.D. 1766-67]; oval (illegible), square, fol. 59 recto: from the God of both worlds, gift of Mustafa Haravi [?].
- Published References
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- Rene Grousset. The Civilizations of the East. 4 vols., New York and London, 1931-1934. vol. 1: p. 363, fig. 275.
- Thomas W. Lentz. Pictures for the Islamic Book: Persian and Indian Painting in the Vever Collection. vol. 1, no. 4 New York, Fall 1988. p. 22, 24, fig. 8.
- Glenn D. Lowry, Susan Nemanzee. A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 35, pp. 132-133.
- 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. 181, pp. 155-156.
- Marianna Shreve Simpson, Massumeh Farhad. Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang: A Princely Manuscript from Sixteenth-Century Iran. Washington and New Haven. p. 369.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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