Manuscript/Mixed Material 'Id blessings

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Title
'Id blessings
Contributor Names
(Muhammad) 'Ali
Created / Published
1142/1729-30
Subject Headings
-  Calligraphy, Arabic
-  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
-  Iran
-  Arabic script calligraphy
-  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
-  Islamic calligraphy
-  Islamic manuscripts
-  Naskh
Notes
-  Arabic blessings to a ruler on the occasion of 'id, written in Arabic by Persian calligrapher Muhammad 'Ali in the Naskh script.
-  Dimensions of Written Surface: 14.9 (w) x 22 (h) cm
-  In the lower left corner, the calligrapher (Muhammad) 'Ali has signed his work and dated it 1142/1729-30. It appears that the original calligrapher's name, which included the name 'Ali, was erased purposefully. It is possible, therefore, that the date constitutes a later corrective as well.
-  Nevertheless, text panels such as this one, providing various Arabic-language prayers in naskh script, were made by the famous naskh-revival Persian calligraphers Mirza Ahmad Nayrizi (d. 1152/1739) and his followers. For this reason, it is seems most likely that this piece was executed by a Persian calligrapher active during the 18th century.
-  This calligraphic fragment provides Arabic blessings to a ruler on the occasion of 'id. A number of the patron's epithets and titles are included in the text, which is executed in black naskh script on a beige paper. The words are fully vocalized in black and are framed by cloud bands on a gold background. The text panel is framed by a border decorated with red, blue, and green flower and vine motifs and is pasted to a larger salmon-orange colored piece of paper backed by cardboard.
-  Script: naskh
-  1-04-713.19.32
Medium
1 volume ; 18.8 (w) x 29.5 (h) cm
Repository
Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/ascs.026
Library of Congress Control Number
2019714536
Online Format
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