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Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
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The colophon, written in the tapering area at the bottom of the page, reads, “The end of the book, with the aid of God and divine blessings. Prayers and praise upon Muhammad, Seal of the Prophets, and [upon God] of the pious and the chaste. With continuous and eternal prayers of submission to the Greatest of Greats, on the [?] day of the month of Ramadan the blessed in the year 969, by the effort of Muhammad al-Qivam al-Katib al-Shirazi, may God forgive him. May you [God] forgive any offenses and hide any errors. So be it, O Lord!”
There is no text on the verso of this folio.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
[Christies London 17 October 1995 lot no. 79]. [Mansour Gallery London before 1998] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1998-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Description:
The colophon, written in the tapering area at the bottom of the page, reads, “The end of the book, with the aid of God and divine blessings.
Prayers and praise upon Muhammad, Seal of the Prophets, and [upon God] of the pious and the chaste.
With continuous and eternal prayers of submission to the Greatest of Greats, on the [?] day of the month of Ramadan the blessed in the year 969, by the effort of Muhammad al-Qivam al-Katib al-Shirazi, may God forgive him.
May you [God] forgive any offenses and hide any errors.
So be it, O Lord!”
There is no text on the verso of this folio.
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