- Provenance
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From at least 1911
Reza Khan Monif, from at least 1911 [1]To 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]Notes:
[1] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Reza Khan Monif by at least November 7, 1911. See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 408.
[2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 234, no. 270.
[3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.
[4] See note 3.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Reiza Khan Monif
Henri Vever 1854-1942
Francois Mautin 1907-2003
- Description
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Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Layla and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: Layla and Majnun at school, inscription in Persian black nasta'liq; verso: illumination; one of a group of three folios.
Border: The recto is set in gold, red and black rulings with illumination at the top and bottom; the verso is set in gold, red and black rulings on cream-colored paper.
- Inscription(s)
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On the tablet on bookstand, "say: he is God, the one! God, the eternally besought of all; he begetteth not, nor was he begotten; and there is none comparable to him" [partly legible verse from Sura al-Ikhlas (the Sincerity), sura 112:1-4].
On the book held by Majnun: āby copying Layla's name, I calm my mind."
- Published References
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- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 270, p. 234.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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