Bound Manuscript of the Khamsa of Amīr K͟husrau Dehlavī

Amir K?husrau Dehlavi

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Caption

Amir K?husrau Dehlavi. Bound Manuscript of the Khamsa of Amīr K͟husrau Dehlavī, late 16th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, pasteboard, leather, gold on paper, 8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (21 x 34 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 36.947. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Bound Manuscript of the Khamsa of Amīr K͟husrau Dehlavī

Date

late 16th century

Dynasty

Safavid

Period

Safavid

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, pasteboard, leather, gold on paper

Classification

Book

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (21 x 34 cm)

Inscriptions

Card Catalogue: End Colophon for Sikander Namah: My son Muhammad BaQ'er - What I had suggested (recommended) to you, Let it be forgotten. Today there are no listeners to such things, wrote I (?).

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt

Accession Number

36.947

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