Curator
Art Institute Chicago
Harvard art museum
My Exhibition
Double page: The Death of Luhrasp in Battle against the Forces of Arjasp (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi (calligrapher, d. 1748)
Episodes from the wedding of Zal and Rudaba
Persian
Fineleaf Fumitory Folio from a manuscript of Khawass al-ashjar (De materia medica) by Dioscorides
Persian
Text concerning Rustam’s fifth and sixth trials (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhsan al-Asrar) by Nizami
Persian
Colophon (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Story of Piran Convincing Siyavush to Take Farangis as his Wife (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Double page: Rustam Mourns Sohrab and Carries His Coffin (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Episodes from the Story of Hurmuzd (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
The Story of Rustam and Bahman (text, recto and verso), folio from the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Persian
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Ismail bin Ibrahim Bosnavi (calligrapher, d. 1748)
Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio
Persian
Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, left-hand side of a bifolio
Persian
Table of Contents (recto); text (verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha, right-hand side of a bifolio
Persian
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 10: 103-106 (recto), Sura 10: 106-108 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio
Arab
Shapur with the Daughter of Mihrak (text, recto; painting, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Bahram Chubina Slays Kut of Rum (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Preparations for the Wedding of Farangis and Siyavush (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian