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Manuscript of Prayers
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The thin and small manuscript of prayers contains 34 folios and opens with a beautiful illuminated sarlawh. The original Arabic text is copied in naskh in black ink, with interlinear translation into Persian in small red thulth on floral gold drawings. According to the colophon it was copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi in 1125 H (1713) in Isfahan.
Ahmad b. Shams al-Din Muhammad Nayrizi (or Neyrizi) (fl. 1096-1152) was one of the greatest calligraphers of the late Safavid period, and the master of naskh and thulth. He canonized a distinct form of naskh script, known as Persian Naskh. Originally from Nayriz of Fars, he moved to Isfahan at the summon of the last Safavid ruler, Sultan Husayn where he resided from 1100 to 1134.
The binding is covered with a blue cloth on the outside and plain paper on the inside.
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
Title: Manuscript of Prayers
Description:
The thin and small manuscript of prayers contains 34 folios and opens with a beautiful illuminated sarlawh.
The original Arabic text is copied in naskh in black ink, with interlinear translation into Persian in small red thulth on floral gold drawings.
According to the colophon it was copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi in 1125 H (1713) in Isfahan.
Ahmad b.
Shams al-Din Muhammad Nayrizi (or Neyrizi) (fl.
1096-1152) was one of the greatest calligraphers of the late Safavid period, and the master of naskh and thulth.
He canonized a distinct form of naskh script, known as Persian Naskh.
Originally from Nayriz of Fars, he moved to Isfahan at the summon of the last Safavid ruler, Sultan Husayn where he resided from 1100 to 1134.
The binding is covered with a blue cloth on the outside and plain paper on the inside.
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