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Manuscript
Leaf from a Manuscript of Poetry by Umar Ibn al-Farid
Persian artist
Persian artist
Iraq
Primary
12 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (32 x 26.1 cm)
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Watercolor
Watercolor
17th century
1600
1699
from Rochester collections
Manuscript
The large Arabic script and the Arabic in the “cloud” shapes are verses from the poet Umar Ibn al-Farid’s Wine Ode, the most famous mystical poem on wine in Arabic. Ibn al-Farid (1181-1235), who studied Islamic mysticism and Arabic literature in Cairo and Mecca, composed poems that generally embrace a view of existence in which creation is lovingly intimate with its divine creator. This richly decorated leaf, made in the 1600s, reflects the continued popularity of al-Farid’s poem.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
, Translated by Emil Homerin. Passage in larger lettering is verses 16-21 of Umar Ibn al-Farid's "al-Khamriyah" or "Wine Ode," the most famous mystical poem on wine in Arabic and Islam. The smaller letters at the right are verses 6-16 of Ibn al-Farid's "Al-Daliyah," "Ode Rhyming in D," a mystical poem. The red text is a Persian version of the poem.
1928.317
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/10/2001
28.317aDI#1
digital image
Recto
1/17/2007
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28.317bDI#2
digital image
verso
1/17/2007
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pdf file
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