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Illustrated Manuscript

Object Name: Illustrated manuscript
Date: dated A.H. 815/ A.D. 1412
Geography: Iran, Shiraz
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; leather binding
Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 4 1/2in. (16.1 x 11.4cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Purchase, Mary Griggs Burke Gift and Rogers Fund, 1995
Accession Number: 1995.175
Not on view
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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Location: Colophon
    Style: Naskh
    Translation: It is the Book of Buddha (?) Zoroaster that Sana'i, may God's benediction be upon him, has by order of Sultan Masud, translated from Pahlavi to Dari, and after that, by order of Nasir al-din Tusi, has been translated from Dari to Farsi, with excerpts from Sa'di and from Mulla Rum (Rumi); written in the year 815 (A.D. 1412).

    Marking: See attached card.

  • Provenance

    [ H. P. Kraus, New York, until 1995; sold to MMA]

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