Object Details
- Description
- Manuscript; Book of poetry; Ottoman Turkish in black and red nasta'liq script; 34 folios with a double-page frontispiece (fols. 1 verso,1 recto); illuminated headings; dated colophon (folio 34recto); standard page: 2 columns, 22 lines of text.
- Binding: The manuscript is bound in leather over paper pasteboards with leather filigree designs on the exterior covers.
- Inscriptions
- Folio 34 recto: "it belongs to the poor [soul] in need of the mercy of the Lord of mankind, Sayyid Lutfullah b. Azizada Sayyid Ibrahim al-Yanyawi. Completed in the year [A.H.] 1190, [A.D. 1776-77]."
- Affixed to exterior, front cover, lower left corner, rectangular sticker with blue border: "32" written in blue ink
- Front flyleaf affixed to upper left corner, rectangular sticker with blue octagonal border: illegible number that has been worn away
- Front flyleaf: "No. 24" written in black ink and crossed out
- Front flyleaf: "no. 10381" written in black ink
- Front flyleaf: "N /OT" written in black ink
- Front flyleaf: "no 98" written in pencil
- Front flyleaf: "HV rtzx" written in pencil
- Front flyleaf: "fin du XV ͤ S." written in pencil
- Front flyleaf: "32" written and circled in pencil
- Provenance
- ?-1942
- Henri Vever (1854-1942), method of acquisition unknown [1]
- 1942-1947
- Jeanne Louise Monthiers (1861-1947), bequest of Henri Vever [2]
- 1947-1986
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003), bequest of Jeanne Louise Monthiers and Henri Vever [3]
- From 1986
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery purchased from Francois Mautin [4]
- Notes:
- [1] An accomplished French jeweler and collector, Henri Vever (1854-1942) amassed a large and impressive collection of works of art during his lifetime. His holdings in Japanese prints and Islamic arts of the books, especially from Iran and India, were among the most important assembled in the early twentieth century. This work was in Vever's collection at the time of his death in 1942.
- [2] Upon Henri Vever's death on September 25, 1942, his wife, Jeanne Louise Monthiers inherited this work. See exhibits F and G of Agreement of Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection, January 9, 1986, copy in object file.
- [3] Upon the death of Jeanne Louise Monthiers, as stipulated in the will of Henri Vever, the family's assets were divided evenly between his two grandchildren. His only grandson, Francois Mautin inherited the collection known as "The Henri Vever Collection of Oriental Art and Manuscripts Including Persian and Indian Art and Manuscripts." This work is part of that collection. See exhibits F and G as cited in note 2.
- [4] The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery purchased the entirety of the collection from Francois Mautin on January 9, 1986. See purchase agreement, copy in object file.
- Research completed June 2, 2022
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Francois Mautin (1907-2003)
- Jeanne Louise Monthiers (1861-1947)
- Henri Vever (1854-1942)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- 1776-77 (1190 A.H.)
- Period
- Ottoman period
- Accession Number
- S1986.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Manuscript
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 33.2 x 21.2 cm (13 1/16 x 8 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Turkey
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)
- poetry
- nasta'liq script
- illumination
- Turkey
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Henri Vever collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S1986.31
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d12f3989-b4c2-4059-92db-1a8c8a330859
