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Illuminated sarlawh of the Layla and Majnun (later notes recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami
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The manuscript opens with an illuminated sarlawh and gilded text panel. The text is copied in 13 lines in two columns and the text panels are remounted onto new margins. According to its colophon the manuscript was copied by Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi (1537-1585) who was a famous scribe in Shiraz. Another manuscript in the hand of the same scribe in the Harvard Art Museums is the Shahnama of Firdawsi, with his signature in the colophon page (2002.50.138).
The leather binding is gilded and stamped. The inside cover is decorated with animals in a landscape in relief. The interior of the front cover is mistakenly placed upside down during a repair.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Geneva Switzerland (by 2014) by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar Houston Texas (2014) loan; to Harvard Art Museums 2015.
Note:
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Title: Illuminated sarlawh of the Layla and Majnun (later notes recto; text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Jami
Description:
The manuscript opens with an illuminated sarlawh and gilded text panel.
The text is copied in 13 lines in two columns and the text panels are remounted onto new margins.
According to its colophon the manuscript was copied by Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi (1537-1585) who was a famous scribe in Shiraz.
Another manuscript in the hand of the same scribe in the Harvard Art Museums is the Shahnama of Firdawsi, with his signature in the colophon page (2002.
50.
138).
The leather binding is gilded and stamped.
The inside cover is decorated with animals in a landscape in relief.
The interior of the front cover is mistakenly placed upside down during a repair.
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