Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, IO Isl 387)
Image Title: f. 132a: Farhad's funeral 19304596

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Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Title:
Main Title: Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, IO Isl 387)
Image Title: f. 132a: Farhad's funeral 19304596
Alternative title:
Quintet of Nizami
Creator:
Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date:
1515
Description:
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Type:
still image
manuscripts
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Manuscripts
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Text
Image
Subject:
Islamic art
poetry
miniatures (paintings)
Geographic region:
Place of Production: Tabriz, Azerbaijan-e Sharqi, Iran
Provenance:
India Office Library, London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place), British repository, London, contemporary (Former repository)
Extent:
10.5 x 6.5 in
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
W392687_URN-3:FHCL:32061095
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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