Object Details
Description
Manuscript; Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; headings in red and blue; 269 folios with 4 sarlawhs (1 verso, 39 verso,105 verso, 192 verso) and 13 paintings; inscriptions (fols. 104 verso, 269 verso); standard page: 2 columns, 17 lines and 1 marginal column with 32 lines.
Binding: The manuscript is in a nineteenth-century lacquer- painted binding. The doublures are of paper, decorated with floral motifs on a red ground.
Inscriptions
Fol. 104 verso, "the book was finished with the help of the munificent Lord in the month of Rajab of the year [A.H.] 1055 [A.D. August 1645]."
Fol. 104 verso, "the book was finished with the help of the munificent Lord in the month of Rajab of the year [A.H.] 1055 [A.D. August 1645]."
Provenance
Unidentified sale, no. 68 [1]
To 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]
From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]
From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]
Notes:
[1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 412.
[2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), pp. 236-239, no. 272.
[3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.
[4] See note 3.
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
François Mautin (1907-2003)
Credit Line
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date
1645 (1055 A.H.)
Period
Safavid period
Accession Number
S1986.483
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Manuscript
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 21.2 x 11.5 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/2 in)
Origin
Isfahan, Iran
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Topic
music
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)
pavilion
Iran
princess
Bahram Gur
Arts of the Islamic World
Henri Vever collection
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Record ID
fsg_S1986.483