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Manuscript of the Divan of Hasan Dihlavi

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The small manuscript opens with an illuminated heading above the text which is copied in nastaliq script in 15 lines and two columns to a page. There are three paintings in Safavid style. The binding has been rebound with its filigree doublures on the outside. The present doublures which used to be on the outside are entirely gilded and decorated with stamped motifs, .
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Geneva Switzerland (by 2014) by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar Houston Texas (2014) loan; to Harvard Art Museums 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
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Title: Manuscript of the Divan of Hasan Dihlavi
Description:
The small manuscript opens with an illuminated heading above the text which is copied in nastaliq script in 15 lines and two columns to a page.
There are three paintings in Safavid style.
The binding has been rebound with its filigree doublures on the outside.
The present doublures which used to be on the outside are entirely gilded and decorated with stamped motifs, .

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