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The beggar at the mosque doorway, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292)

Title	The beggar at the mosque doorway, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292)
Publication Date:	c. 1490 (folio), c. 1525 (painting)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	261 mm x 175 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 188.77
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1490 (folio), c. 1525 (painting)
Notes	The beggar at the mosque doorway, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292). This scene shows the busy environment of a well-endowed mosque complex in the early sixteenth century, with working staff including a teacher who instructs two well-dressed young men inside. Standing by the doorway on the lower left, an elderly man waits patiently for generosity from a passerby. Under the mosque dome is a line of text quoting the poet Awḥadi (d. 1338). Folio, ink, colours and gold on gold-flecked paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated text panels and rubrics (on recto) and painting (on verso), from codex (CBL Per 188) the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292), probably Herat, Afghanistan with painting added later in Ottoman Turkey, undated, c. 1490, additions c. 1525.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta`liq script

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The beggar at the mosque doorway, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292)

Publication Date c. 1490 (folio), c. 1525 (painting)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 261 mm x 175 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 188.77

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1490 (folio), c. 1525 (painting)

Notes The beggar at the mosque doorway, from the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292). This scene shows the busy environment of a well-endowed mosque complex in the early sixteenth century, with working staff including a teacher who instructs two well-dressed young men inside. Standing by the doorway on the lower left, an elderly man waits patiently for generosity from a passerby. Under the mosque dome is a line of text quoting the poet Awḥadi (d. 1338). Folio, ink, colours and gold on gold-flecked paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated text panels and rubrics (on recto) and painting (on verso), from codex (CBL Per 188) the Garden (Būstān) by Sa`di (d. 1292), probably Herat, Afghanistan with painting added later in Ottoman Turkey, undated, c. 1490, additions c. 1525.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script