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Illuminated Frontispiece of a Bustan of Sa`di

Calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur Iranian
dated 920 AH/1514 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455
This manuscript of the Bustan of Sa’di is composed of fifty-one folios including the frontispiece and a leather binding. It was likely copied in Herat, but it was illustrated for an Uzbek patron several years later, probably in Bukhara in the 1530s. The calligrapher, Sultan Muhammad Nur, also worked on the 1524–25 manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, several folios of which are in the Museum’s collection.

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Object Information
  • Title: Illuminated Frontispiece of a Bustan of Sa`di
  • Calligrapher: Sultan Muhammad Nur (Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536)
  • Date: dated 920 AH/1514 CE
  • Geography: Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat. Attributed to present-day Uzbekistan, probably Bukhara
  • Medium: Folio: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
    Binding: Leather
  • Dimensions: Manuscript: H. 11 in. (28 cm)
    W. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)
    D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Louis V. Bell Fund and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.294.1
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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