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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.49
Title
Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1450-1480
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran or Central Asia
Period
Timurid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337167

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, gold, and watercolor on paper.
Dimensions
each page: 21 x 7 cm (8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (by 1986), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.49
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
These two separate folios are dispersed from a small manuscript of Persian poetry written in oblong format (safina). On the recto side of the folios the text area is divided into two main parts. The top is filled with diagonally written lines of nastaliq and the bottom is divided into four unequal columns filled with two lines of nastaliq.The verso side of the folios are divided into five unequal parts and filled with oblique lines going in opposite directions. Small branches of flowers are placed in the empty areas left by the oblique lines on the text box.

Verification Level

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