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; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto-verso: text; illuminated headings in red, black and blue; gold column dividers; four columns, twenty-one lines of text; one of a group of 304 folios. Border: The recto and the verso are set in multicolored rulings on a pink 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)