Manuscript/Mixed Material Prayer for God's mercy
About this Item
Title
- Prayer for God's mercy
Created / Published
- 18th-19th centuries
Headings
- - Calligraphy, Arabic
- - Calligraphy, Persian
- - Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
- - Iran
- - India
- - Arabic script calligraphy
- - Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
- - Islamic calligraphy
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Nasta'liq
Notes
- - Persian poem with verses seeking the mercy and assistance of God, written black nasta'liq script from Iran or India during the 18th or 19th century.
- - Ay mihr-i sipihr-i sar farazi / Vay gawhar-i bahr-i bi-niyazi / Daram za 'anayat-i tu umid / Kaz lutf u karam mara navazi
- - Dimensions of Written Surface: 12.1 (w) x 22.5 (h) cm
- - Oh Sun of the proud skies, / Oh Gem of the sea freed from need, / I have hope (to receive) your favor, / Kindness, generosity, and support of me
- - The fragment is neither dated nor signed, but may have been executed in Iran or India sometime during the 18th or 19th century.
- - The verses are executed in black nasta'liq script on a beige paper. A small and rather sloppy frame has been pasted to the text panel and onto a larger sheet of paper backed by cardboard.
- - This calligraphic fragment includes a Persian poem seeking the mercy and assistance of God. The verses read:
- - Script: nasta'liq
- - 1-04-713.19.47
Medium
- 1 volume ; 22.1 (w) x 34.6 (h) cm
Repository
- Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2019714552
Online Format
- image