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Calligraphy in nasta`liq script in Arabic
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The central panel of this album folio consists of four lines of Arabic poetry written in nasta`liq script on light brown paper. The calligraphy is surrounded by floral illumination on a gold ground. Two decorative borders frame the central panel. The text references the Shura, a consultative body of prominent members of the Qurayshi tribe who in the year 644 were tasked to name the third leader of the Muslim community, following the death of the caliph Umar.
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Richard Bryant Hobart Cambridge MA (by 1963) by inheritance; to his daughter Mabel Hobart Cabot Cambridge MA (1963-2014) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums June 2014.
Richard Bryant Hobart (b. 1885 – d. 1963)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mabel H. Cabot in memory of her father Richard B. Hobart
Title: Calligraphy in nasta`liq script in Arabic
Description:
The central panel of this album folio consists of four lines of Arabic poetry written in nasta`liq script on light brown paper.
The calligraphy is surrounded by floral illumination on a gold ground.
Two decorative borders frame the central panel.
The text references the Shura, a consultative body of prominent members of the Qurayshi tribe who in the year 644 were tasked to name the third leader of the Muslim community, following the death of the caliph Umar.
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