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Collections

Colophon Page from a Manuscript of the Anwar-i Suhayli (Light of Canopus)1564-1565/A.H. 972

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Illuminated manuscript page with Persian or Arabic script in a ruled panel, surrounded by a gold floral-patterned ground with teal and terracotta decorative patches

Unknown, Colophon Page from a Manuscript of the Anwar-i Suhayli (Light of Canopus), 1564-1565/A.H. 972, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Colophon Page from a Manuscript of the Anwar-i Suhayli (Light of Canopus)
Place Made
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Date Made
1564-1565/A.H. 972
Medium
Ink, colors and gold on paper
Dimensions
10 5/8 x 7 in. (27.0 x 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.517
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.
  • Comstock-Skipp, Jaimee K. "From the Khan to the Sultan: the Abu'l-Khairid Shāhnāma in the Topkapi Palace Library (H.1488) and Manuscript Production and Presentation under 'Abdullah bin Iskandar Khan." Muqarnas 40(2023): 273-314.