Publication Date
c. 1595
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
197 mm x 130 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
In 04.1
Library Location
Indian collection
Date
c. 1595
Notes
The amorous painter burns his cloak, folio from Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli), a reworking of the animal fables Kalila and Dimna (Kalila wa Dimna), composed by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi. A painter made himself a black and white cloak, as a disguise when meeting secretly with his lover, a rich merchant's wife. Their system failed when the painter's slave borrowed the cloak, and visited the merchant's wife himself. Repenting, the painter burned his cloak. This folio is from a partial copy of the highly-regarded Persian text, written by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi (d.1504-05), a preacher and scholar at the Timurid court in Herat (modern Afghanistan). His patron was Amir Shaykh Suhayli, whose last name is punningly inserted into the new title. Writing in a sophisticated court style, Kashifi composed an updated version of these lively animal fables, which have a long transmission history going back to Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit versions. This manuscript was made in Mughal India, and features 96 paintings (mounted separately).
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script
