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Francis Calley Gray bequest to nephew 1856.
William Gray gift to Harvard University 1857.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
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Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami
Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami
This manuscript of Jami’s Yusuf and Zulaykha retains its decorated binding, double illuminated frontispiece, and five illustrations. The text is copied in nasta`liq in two columns ...
An Album of Persian Paintings and Drawings
An Album of Persian Paintings and Drawings
This album is bound in folding or accordion format, with 20 folios, or 40 pages, containing Persian sketches and paintings. The majority of the works are rendered in black or red ...
The Beloved Arrives at Midnight (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 54 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari
The Beloved Arrives at Midnight (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 54 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari
The recto side of the folio features two columns of Persian text written in black ink and nasta’liq script. The columns are interrupted by a painting depicting a male figure in the...
Persian siglos
Persian siglos
Obv.: Archer with bow and dagger running to r.; two small countermarks.
Rev.: incuse punch...
Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format
Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format
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 t...
Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format
Two folios of Persian poetry in safina format
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 t...
Malik Shah Rustam in the Presence of Shah Isma'il, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Tarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il
Malik Shah Rustam in the Presence of Shah Isma'il, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Tarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il
This is a folio with painting that has been detached from a manuscript of theTarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il. Four lines of Persian in nastal'iq script frame a painting of figure...
Old Man with Cane in Rocky Landscape (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album
Old Man with Cane in Rocky Landscape (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album
Set between lines of Persian poetry in black nasta? liq, the drawing on the recto of this album folio is framed by multiple rulings and a stenciled margin of exuberant lotus palmet...