Khargird (Iran): Madrasa al-Nizamiyya: Detail View of Arabic Inscription of Nizam al-Mulk, in Tall Kufic Script with Floriated Stems

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Local Numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2970

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

Place: Asia; Iran

Topic: Art of the Islamic World; Archaeology; Architecture; Decoration and ornament; Inscriptions; Inscriptions, Arabic; Panoramas; Religious buildings; Stucco

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files

Extent: 1 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)

Date: 1925

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2970

Type: Archival materials; Glass negatives

Collection Citation: Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Arrangement: Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves."

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Bibliography: Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, Vol. 10, (1943). Damascus: Studies in Architecture, II.'The Cruciform Plan. Syrian Architecture, Period of Nur al-din'. Published by: Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan. Fig.35."

Genre/Form: Glass negatives

Scope and Contents: Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 10, vol. 1 reads, "Khargird, Nizamiyya."; Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 10 (2 vols.), "Persian Architecture and Landscapes," Subseries 4.10.1: vol. 1; Image No. 149 (Negative Number: 2970). Khargird, Nizamiyya, the Great Inscription. Joins No.149. SA-II, fig.35."; Additional information from staff reads, "FSA A.6 04.GN.2970 (left) and FSA A.6 04.GN.2736 (right) compose a single panoramic view."