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Folio 335 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari
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The recto and verso side of the folio features two columns of Persian text written in black ink and nasta’liq script. The recto side also bears a horizontal break at the center that spans both columns. Both sides contain lines of Anvari’s mathnavi, a poem of rhyming distichs.
The folio belongs to an illustrated copy of the Divan of Anvari commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) in 1588 and in Lahore. The poet Anvari (1126-1189) is considered one of the greatest figures in Persian literature. His panegyric in honor of the Seljuq sultan, Ahmad Sanjar (r. 1118-1157) earned him royal favor and the patronage of two of Sanjar’s successors. Anvari’s poems were collected in a Divan, which contains eulogies, satire, panegyrics, and other forms of poetry and prose.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Louis J. Cartier collection. John Goelet New York NY (by 1960) gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1960.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Goelet
Title: Folio 335 (text, recto and verso), from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari
Description:
The recto and verso side of the folio features two columns of Persian text written in black ink and nasta’liq script.
The recto side also bears a horizontal break at the center that spans both columns.
Both sides contain lines of Anvari’s mathnavi, a poem of rhyming distichs.
The folio belongs to an illustrated copy of the Divan of Anvari commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.
1556-1605) in 1588 and in Lahore.
The poet Anvari (1126-1189) is considered one of the greatest figures in Persian literature.
His panegyric in honor of the Seljuq sultan, Ahmad Sanjar (r.
1118-1157) earned him royal favor and the patronage of two of Sanjar’s successors.
Anvari’s poems were collected in a Divan, which contains eulogies, satire, panegyrics, and other forms of poetry and prose.
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