. English: This calligraphic fragment includes several verses from Nizami's (d. 614/1218) 'Divan' (Compendium of Poems). Script: nasta'liq. The composition, which recalls a number of Safavid calligraphic exercises (siyah mashq) in its formal make-up and calligraphic style, must have been executed during the 16th or 17th century. فارسی: هر صنمی [نظری] را که برافروختند / جامه بر [به] اندازه تن دوختند بار [رخت] مسیحا نکشد هر خری / محرم دولت نبود هر سری . 16th-17th centuries. Calligrapher: Abu al-Ma'ali (Abu al-Ma'ali 'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-Wahhab Zanjani (d. 606/1292), a disciple of Yaqut al-Musta's


. English: This calligraphic fragment includes several verses from Nizami's (d. 614/1218) 'Divan' (Compendium of Poems). Script: nasta'liq. The composition, which recalls a number of Safavid calligraphic exercises (siyah mashq) in its formal make-up and calligraphic style, must have been executed during the 16th or 17th century. فارسی: هر صنمی [نظری] را که برافروختند / جامه بر [به] اندازه تن دوختند بار [رخت] مسیحا نکشد هر خری / محرم دولت نبود هر سری . 16th-17th centuries. Calligrapher: Abu al-Ma'ali (Abu al-Ma'ali 'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-Wahhab Zanjani (d. 606/1292), a disciple of Yaqut al-Musta'simi (Huart 1972, 82)) - Poet :Nizami (d. 614 AD) 447 Nizami's Divan - Nasta'liq calligraphy style


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