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ManuscriptsPersian19th century

Bookbinding

19th century

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Lacquer with opaque watercolor

Culture

Persian

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Related Artworks

Text folio with illuminated margin (text recto; text with illuminated margin verso of folio 16) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Text folio with illuminated margin (text recto; text with illuminated margin verso of folio 16) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Unknown Artist, 1836

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Firman of Muhammad Shah Qajar

Firman of Muhammad Shah Qajar

Unknown Artist, 1835

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Folio 2 from a Qur'an: Prayers and Invocation to God and His Prophet (recto), Frontispiece, Fatiha (verso)

Folio 2 from a Qur'an: Prayers and Invocation to God and His Prophet (recto), Frontispiece, Fatiha (verso)

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Manuscript of the Qur'an with Persian Interlinear Translation

Manuscript of the Qur'an with Persian Interlinear Translation

Unknown Artist, 17th and 19th centuries

Calligraphy; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, lacquer binding

17th and 19th centuriesPersian

Text folio with illuminated margin (text with illuminated margin recto; text verso of folio 3) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Text folio with illuminated margin (text with illuminated margin recto; text verso of folio 3) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams

Unknown Artist, 1836

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 49), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio (text recto; text verso of folio 49), from a manuscript of Prayers

Unknown Artist, dated 1837

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Bookbinding

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Lacquer with opaque watercolor

19th centuryPersian

Chapter 7 (recto), Chapter 7 and 8 (verso), folio 101 from a Manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa`di

Chapter 7 (recto), Chapter 7 and 8 (verso), folio 101 from a Manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa`di

Unknown Artist, 16th and 19th century

Ink and gold on paper

16th and 19th centuryPersian

Text folio with illuminated headings (illuminated headings recto; text verso of folio 50), from a manuscript of Prayers

Text folio with illuminated headings (illuminated headings recto; text verso of folio 50), from a manuscript of Prayers

Unknown Artist, dated 1837

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Frontispiece (recto), Prose Introduction (recto and verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz with Two 19th-Century Miniatures Added

Frontispiece (recto), Prose Introduction (recto and verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz with Two 19th-Century Miniatures Added

Unknown Artist, c. 1774

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

18th and 19th centuriesPersian

Colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 10), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Colophon (text recto; blank verso of folio 10), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

Unknown Artist, 1817

Ink and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian