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| Keywords: Sadi3.jpg Script nasta'liq These calligraphic fragments are the first seven pages of Sa'di's Bustan The Fruit Garden or The Orchard The order of the first seven pages of this work all belonging to the same manuscript goes as follows Page 1 1-04-713 19 26 Page 2 1-04-713 19 15 Page 3 1-04-713 19 14 Page 4 1-04-713 19 12 Page 5 1-04-713 19 13 Page 6 1-04-713 19 11 Page 7 1-04-713 19 25 Page 3 The text here as in the rest of the pages provides a praise of God as an appropriate incipit to the text The first two lines of poetry speak about God's decision to favor certain men He places the crown of fortune on the head of one / He brings another from a throne to the dust / This one has the cap of Good Fortune on his head / That one the blanket of Misfortune on his body The text here as in the rest of the pages is executed in black nasta'liq script in twelve lines per page divided into two columns It is provided with a rather slapdash frame and is pasted to a sheet of paper decorated with flecks of gold The gold-flecked paper is also framed and pasted to a larger sheet of paper backed with cardboard This copy of the Bustan may have been produced in India during the 17th century The back of the second page 1-04-713 19 15 of this series includes a note supporting this provenance as it states that the work was written by 'Abd al-Rashid Daylami He was one of the famous calligraphers active at the court of the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan r 1627-1656 in Agra and Delhi ascs 009 century 17 Calligrapher 'Abd al-Rashid Daylami attr PD-old Other pages in this set <gallery> File Sadi1 jpg Page 1 File Sadi2 jpg Page 2 File Sadi4 jpg Page 4 File Sadi5 jpg Page 5 File Sadi6 jpg Page 6 File Sadi7 jpg Page 7 </gallery> Bostan | ||||
