Id (feast day ) Prayer, 18th century (?), Calligraphy, Arabic, Calligraphy, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian, Washington (), India, Arabic script calligraphy, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Nasta'liq, Persian Nowruz poem, or quatrain (ruba'i), writen in Nasta'liq script., Ay rukhat 'id u abruyat mah-i 'id / Mah u salat khujasta bad u sa'id / Dida rushan mabad bi-ruyat / Qibla-yi khalq taq-i abruyat, Dimensions of Written Surface: (w) x (h) cm, Judging from the fragment's theme ( see , , , 1-84-15
Id (feast day ) Prayer, 18th century (?), Calligraphy, Arabic, Calligraphy, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian, Washington (), India, Arabic script calligraphy, Illuminated Islamic manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic manuscripts, Nasta'liq, Persian Nowruz poem, or quatrain (ruba'i), writen in Nasta'liq script., Ay rukhat 'id u abruyat mah-i 'id / Mah u salat khujasta bad u sa'id / Dida rushan mabad bi-ruyat / Qibla-yi khalq taq-i abruyat, Dimensions of Written Surface: (w) x (h) cm, Judging from the fragment's theme ( see , , , , and ), it is possible to suggest that the piece was executed in India sometime during the 18th or 19th century as a New Year's gift to an eminent patron., Oh, your face is 'id and your eyebrow is the moon of 'id / May your month and year be auspicious and happy / May my eye not be bright without seeing you / The arch of your eyebrow is the prayer direction of (all) people, The text is written in black nasta'liq script on a beige paper and is framed by cloud bands on a gold background. The text panel is provided with blue and green frames and is pasted to a larger sheet of pink paper backed by cardboard. It seems like a calligrapher's signature may have been placed in the lower right corner of the text panel. However, it now is illegible due to water damage., This calligraphic fragment includes a poetical prayer wishing its owner happiness and prosperity on the occasion of the festival ('id) of New Year (Noruz). Beginning with a (now barely legible) invocation to God as the Glorious (huwa al-'aziz), the verses then read:, Script: nasta'liq, , 1 volume; 22 (w) x 35 (h) cm
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