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Double calligraphy page and illumination
Double calligraphy page and illumination

Double calligraphy page and illumination

Datemid 16th century
Label TextThe poet Nizami’s stories were lavishly illustrated by Safavid Persian and Ottoman Turkish painters. But pictures, like the one of Khusrow and Shirin, told only part of the tales. This double page from Central Asia (a region wrestled back-and-forth between the Safavids and Ottomans) also tells the story of Khusrow and Shirin, using finely wrought text that, without illustration, has itself become artwork.
Object number38.25
Provenance[J. Zado Noorian, New York, by 1937]; purchased from Mr. Noorian by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), January 6, 1938
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions10 7/16 x 12 9/16 in. (26.5 x 31.9 cm)
MediumInk, gold and lapis on paper
Photo: Sarah Berman
Persian
early 16th century
Object number: 41.25
Photo: Paul Macapia
Islamic
late 8th century
Object number: 47.100
Psalter Page
French
ca. 1440-1450
Object number: 81.102
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
French
15th century
Object number: 54.118
Calendar Page from Book of Hours
French
1450
Object number: 44.664
Page of a Manuscript
French
1510
Object number: 44.670
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Italian (Genoa)
1430
Object number: 44.687
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
French
Late 13th century - early 14th century
Object number: 47.14
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
French
15th century
Object number: 47.15
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
ca. 1300
Object number: 55.30