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Poem Written on Tanzaku
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
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Poem on Plum Blossoms
Poem on Plum Blossoms
The text inscribed on this album leaf is a poem on plum blossoms; the poem is inscribed in seven columns, the columns varying in placement, in numbers of characters, and thus in le...
Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with two facing illuminated pages marked by cartouches in the center and filled with inscriptions in Arabic about the Qur'an. The surrounding areas are decorat...
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with a faded ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding prayer beads in a landscape. The drawing is water damaged, and the inscription attributing the work to...
M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem cum notis, castigationibus & observationibus Guilielmi Philandri integris; Danielis Barbari excerptis & Claudii Salmasii passim insertis.
M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem cum notis, castigationibus & observationibus Guilielmi Philandri integris; Danielis Barbari excerptis & Claudii Salmasii passim insertis.
Printed book with woodcut illustrations and engraved title page...
M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem cum notis, castigationibus & observationibus Guilielmi Philandri integris; Danielis Barbari excerptis & Claudii Salmasii passim insertis.
M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem cum notis, castigationibus & observationibus Guilielmi Philandri integris; Danielis Barbari excerptis & Claudii Salmasii passim insertis.
Printed book with woodcut illustrations and engraved title page...