Pre-Mughal School Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Khamsa (Quintet) by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script, recto: text, the folio has been pasted together with several pieces taken from another part of the manuscript; verso: illustration and text, Bijan and Manija, four columns, ten lines of text; one of a group of seven folios. Border: The text is set in red rulings on cream-colored paper. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1450 or earlier
- Dates
- Delhi Sultanate period
- Format
- Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 32.4 x 25 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1986.126
- 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/06e3bcec272ef63195258126f4c0479a
