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Illustrated manuscript of Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi
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This is an illustrated manuscript of the Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi, composed in Turkish. The small manuscript is copied in vocalized naskh in two columns and fifteen lines to a page. The manuscript is not paginated and a few folios are missing at the beginning. There are six text-block size paintings:
Miniature 1, 48v: Shirin questions Shavur about the image of Khusraw.
Miniature 2, 92r: Khusraw and Shirin meet each other unexpectedly as they hunt.
Miniature 3, 109r: Khusraw's combat with the lion
Miniature 4, 149v: Farhad visits Shirin after carving a milk channel for her.
Miniature 5, 164v: Farhad and the old woman
Miniature 6, 226r: Khusraw marries Shirin
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Owned by "Dervish" in Dhul-Hijja 1050 (April-March 1641). Owned by al-Sayyid Murtada Efendi known as Surkh-Sar ("Redhead") [note on flyleaf]
Purchased by John Goelet from Sotheby's through Maggs Bros. London [curatorial file]
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Goelet
Title: Illustrated manuscript of Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi
Description:
This is an illustrated manuscript of the Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi, composed in Turkish.
The small manuscript is copied in vocalized naskh in two columns and fifteen lines to a page.
The manuscript is not paginated and a few folios are missing at the beginning.
There are six text-block size paintings:
Miniature 1, 48v: Shirin questions Shavur about the image of Khusraw.
Miniature 2, 92r: Khusraw and Shirin meet each other unexpectedly as they hunt.
Miniature 3, 109r: Khusraw's combat with the lion
Miniature 4, 149v: Farhad visits Shirin after carving a milk channel for her.
Miniature 5, 164v: Farhad and the old woman
Miniature 6, 226r: Khusraw marries Shirin.
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