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Overflap and Inside Cover of a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja by Nizami
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Overflap and Inside Cover of a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Nizami · dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

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Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Recorded facts

Artist

Nizami

Date

dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE

Medium

Binding: leather; embossed, gold, and color Manuscript: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) W. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm) D. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913

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Artist authority

Nizami Ganjavi

Persian poet

Lifespan
1141 – 1209
Wikidata
Q234908
VIAF
2474895
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