Divan shu’r al-Hadira (The collected verses of al-Hadira)

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Manuscript; Divan Shu’r al-Hadira (The collected verses of al-Hadira); text: Arabic in black naskh and thuluth scripts; 13 folios with a title page (folio 1recto), and 1 dated, signed colophon (folio 13verso); seal (folio 1recto); standard page: one column, 9 lines of text.
Border: The manuscript is bound in dark brown leather over pasteboards with gold tooling and doublures of red leather.

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Maker(s): Calligrapher: Ya'qut al-Musta'simi

Historical period(s): Abbasid period, February 1283 (781 A.H.)

Medium: Ink and gold on paper

Dimensions: H x W: 27.7 x 20.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/16 in)

Geography: Iran or Iraq

Credit Line: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number: F1937.28

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Manuscript

Type: Manuscript

Keywords: Abbasid period (750 - 1258), Iran, Iraq, naskh script, poems, thuluth script, WWII-era provenance

Provenance

To 1937
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

From 1937
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

Notes:

[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s): Hagop Kevorkian 1872 - 1962

Description: Manuscript; Divan Shu'r al-Hadira (The collected verses of al-Hadira); text: Arabic in black naskh and thuluth scripts; 13 folios with a title page (folio 1recto), and 1 dated, signed colophon (folio 13verso); seal (folio 1recto); standard page: one column, 9 lines of text.
Border: The manuscript is bound in dark brown leather over pasteboards with gold tooling and doublures of red leather.