cover image: Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390)

Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390)

Manuscript; Divan by Hafiz; Persian in black nasta'liq script; 185 folios with 1 double-page frontispiece (fols.1 verso, 2 recto), and 35 paintings; standard page: 2 columns, 15 lines of text. Binding: The manuscript is in a lacquer- painted binding. The doublures are of floral work on a black ground. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
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Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
19th century
Dates
19th century
Format
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Pages
H x W: 18 x 10.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/8 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S1986.486
Rights
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/523894eeb238c8280a3509939ae050c1

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