Mathnavi heading folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold), thirddaftar (book) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) third daftar from the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami; one of nine sarlawhs from the Haft awrang (F1946.12.1verso, F1946.12.47 verso, F1946.12.70 verso, F1946.12.84 verso, F1946.12.140 verso, F1946.12.182 verso, F1946.12.200 verso, F1946.12.225 verso, F1946.12.273 verso); text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: blank, gold- sprinkled on green ground; verso: sarlawh, illuminated headings in red and blue, gold column dividers, four columns, seventeen lines of text, one of a group of 304 folios. Border: The verso is set in multicolored rulings on a cream-colored ground with gold floral motifs. To 1946 Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1] From 1946 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2] Notes: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also, Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office. [2] See note 1. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930) Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)