Sujet
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. Creator: Sultan Muhammad Khandan (Iranian, died after 1550).
Légende
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso), c. 1509-50. This page contains two quatrains?poems made up of four lines. The diagonally written text in the center of the page is a poem addressed to a ruler, expressing hope for his success and the downfall of his enemies. The second poem is split between the horizontal panels at the top and bottom of the page. This quatrain praises the beauty of the writer?s beloved, saying that "her moonlike face can steal away a hundred besotted hearts." At the right are calligraphic exercises displaying letters of the alphabet and the virtuoso skill of the calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Khandan, who signed the page in the triangle at the lower left of the inner text block.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F98_480
Model release
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
89,9Mo (9,3Mo) / 40,5cm x 55,6cm / 4785 x 6565 (300dpi)