Author
attributed to Kamal al-Din Husayn Gazargahi, late 15th-early 16th c. (Author)
Publication Date
1552 | 1552/959 AH
Publication Place
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Harvard University Library
Subject
Islamic art | painted manuscripts | miniatures (paintings) | biographies | Sufism | poets | prophets | more | less
Type
belge
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
W60560_URN-3:FHCL:32604442
Record ID
harvard_scw-12600
Library Location
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date
1552 | 1552/959 AH
Notes
74 miniatures (one extracted), one for each biography; nasta'lik; binding with flowers and arabesques in gold; copyist Farid the Katib; the earliest known dated and illustrated Shiraz copy. | Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, ink, gold, paper | Note: General note: Although the preface of the MS identifies Sultan Husayn as the author, contemporary writers and modern scholars ascribed the work to Gazurgahi. | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection