ManuscriptsPersian16th century
Verses from the Divan by Hafiz, folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio
c. 1530
Dimensions
sight: 29.2 x 18.2 cm (11 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Welch family (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.
Related Artworks
View MoreManuscripts
Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 1575-1590
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text recto), illustrated folio (24) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 7) from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Death of Yazdigird, Father of Bahram Gur (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 1561-1562
Ink and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Praise for Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 1561-1562
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Quatrains and Colophon (recto), folio 221 from a Divan of Hafiz
Unknown Artist, c. 1540-1550
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Nomadic Encampment, probably a folio from a manuscript of Layla va Majnun by Jami
Mir Sayyid ‘Ali, c. 1540
Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
The Iranians Repel Afrasiyab’s Night Attack (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 1562
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Yusuf Tells His Story (text recto; painting verso of folio 64); illustrated folio from a manuscript of Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianManuscripts
Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript on poetic imagery, right-hand side of a bifolio
Unknown Artist, 16th century
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersian