A short prayer on the flyleaf (prayer recto; blank verso of folio 1) from a manuscript of The Prayer of Twelve Imams
1836
Description
The manuscript opens with an illuminated sarlawh. The text is in Arabic and is copied in large naskh, 12 lines to a page. All folios are decorated with gold floral motifs in the margins and interliner gilding. The name of God (allahumma) and the prayer (al-salawat) are written in gold throughout the text. The manuscript was copied by Ahmed Shamlu in H. 1252/1836 according to the colophon.
Dimensions
19 x 12 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.
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