Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
The king alone in his bed at night, from an Anthology (Majmu`a) of Persian poetry.
The king sits up in his bed, in a beautiful room decorated with turquoise tilework and murals of courtly scenes, the window opening into the palace garden beyond. Removing his shirt, the king has come to a realisation about his love for Mahbub (the beloved).
Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, re-mounted in gold-painted pale pink borders, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Book of Separation (Firaq-nama) by Salman Savaji (d. 1378) composed for Jalayirid Sultan Uvays, detached from codex (Per 149), anthology dedicated to Timurid prince Abu Sa`id (r. 1452-67), decorated borders added later by order of Shaybanid ruler `Abd al-Aziz (r. 1540-1549), Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1451-1469, with borders added Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1540-1549.
The king alone in his bed at night, from an Anthology (Majmu`a) of Persian poetry
Per 149.96
Per_149_96
Persian collection
Persian (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Central Asia/Afghanistan/Herat
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Central Asia/Afghanistan/Herat
Approved Place 2018/Asia/Central Asia/Uzbekistan/Bukhara
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Nasta'liq script
1451-1469, borders added 1540-1549
1451
1451
1540
1469
1469
1549
true
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold
Paper (material)
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
Gold
GOOD
162 mm x 104 mm (height x width)
art
Unknown
Unknown
Herat
art
Unknown
Unknown
Bukhara
cll
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Unknown
Herat
probably
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