Main Title: Makhzan al-Asrar (Chester Beatty, Per 224)
Image Title: f. 7: Nushirvan and his vizier listening to the owls in the ruined village 21006829

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Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Title:
Main Title: Makhzan al-Asrar (Chester Beatty, Per 224)
Image Title: f. 7: Nushirvan and his vizier listening to the owls in the ruined village 21006829
Alternative title:
The Treasury of Mysteries
Creator:
Nizami, 1141-1146/535-540 AH - early 13th c. (1217?), Azerbaijani (Author)
Date:
1550
ca. 1550
Description:
First of five poems, which originally formed a complete copy of the Khamsah; double title page; illuminated subheadings; ornaments in triangles on f. 21; one miniatureCulture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, paper
Type:
still image
manuscripts
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Manuscripts
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Text
Image
Subject:
miniatures (paintings)
Islamic art
poetry
nasta'liq
Sufism
mysticism
illuminations
Extent:
19.4 x 12.8 cm
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001351658_URN-3:FHCL:33236269
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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