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Men Exchanging Poetry in a Garden
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)
Three men gather in a garden and exchange poetic verses in this illustrated manuscript of a collection of short love poems by the famous Persian poet Nur al-Din "Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 1492 CE). The verses inscribed on the illustrated page read: "Please sit for a while and extinguish my fire [of love] with your presence."
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mahmud Askani, 1893-1894, by purchase [ownership statement on fol. 6b written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894 stating that this precious book was bought for his son Mahmud Askani from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2012 | Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.651.3A
