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Fahri of Bursa
Page from a Poetry Album, late 1500s - early 1600s
Now On View
Description
Maker
- Fahri of Bursa, d. 1617, Turkish
Title
Page from a Poetry Album
Year
late 1500s - early 1600s
Medium
Gold paper script on blue paper
Materials/Techniques
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Supports
Dimensions
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17.1 x 10.5 cm (6 11/16 x 4 1/8 inches) Overall, mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Invento
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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O Lord, may your felicity be daily increasing; may your noble foot be over the celestial sphere
Since you command the good and evil of the age, may your command and destiny be of the same content.
Jami?
(Translations by Wheeler Thackston, Professor of Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages, Harvard University) Place
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Turkey
Type
Credit
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Anonymous gift
Object Number
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17.490
Projects & Publications
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Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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