Mathnavi heading folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha, in the Haft Awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492)

Folio from the Yusuf u Zulaykha 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; verso: sarlawh with inscription, illuminated headings in red, black and blue, gold column dividers, four columns, fifteen lines of text, one of a group of 304 folios. Border: The verso is set in multicolored rulings on a paper with birds, flowers and leaves stenciled in pink, outlined in gold. The central medallion of the title piece (unwan): "this book that is Yusuf and Zulaykha in name, its black writing is fragrant like the curls and the locks of the beloved; its images [are] colorful like the lips adorned with youthful down, it is a poem that conveys a message from the Divine." 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 Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016) The Seven Thrones of Jami: A Princely Manuscript from Iran (June 28, 1997 to March 29, 1998) Untitled Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, 1930 (1930) Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)