Exchange: F22 - Hussain -ARABIC 121/521 & 221

F22 - Hussain -ARABIC 121/521 & 221

Qur’an manuscript leaf in Abbasid Kufic script
701 – 900
brown ink with touches of red | natural parchment
Gift of Professor Kamer Aga-Oglu for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1970/2.109

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Iranian
Tile fragment with inscription, Molded calligraphy in depressed band in the tile, glazed in bluish-turquoise, slight incrustation and iridescence.
1100 – 1299
molded fritware with turquoise glaze
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.153

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This page from the Shahnama of Firdausi is the second illuminated chapter heading of the book. The language of the text is Persian, but the script used is a modified form of Arabic done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The manuscript was made by the Shiraz and Timurid Schools, ca. 1460.

Iranian
Illuminated Chapter Heading from the Shahnama of Firdausi (The “Kervorkian Shahnama”) (Second heading)
1455 – 1465
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf | paper
Museum Purchase
1963/1.39D

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Syrian
Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page
1267 – 1299
ink and color | glazed paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of Otto F. Ege
1987/1.195.3

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This leaf is from a manuscript of the epic poem, Shahnama of Firdausi and features columns of Persian-Farsi calligraphy with an illuminated chapter heading at the top of the page.

Iranian
Cover of Ann Arbor Shahnameh (First heading)
1455 – 1465
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf | paper
Museum Purchase
1963/1.39C

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This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Sikandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings.

Iranian
Sikandar Goes on a Pilgrimage to the Kaaba, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
1455 – 1465
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold leaf | paper
Museum Purchase
1963/1.65

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