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Accession 14-179

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Islamic Near Eastern Art

Research Files, undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Islamic Near Eastern Art
Title:Research Files
Dates:undated
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 14-179
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of research files compiled by Marianna Shreve Simpson, Curator, for her book "Persian Poetry, Painting, and Patronage: Illustrations in a Sixteenth-Century Masterpiece" published in 1998. Many of the materials document the history, condition, and conservation of the Freer Jami, an illustrated text in the collections of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Materials include photocopies of texts, reprints, notes, citations, correspondence, outlines, and related materials.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of research files compiled by Marianna Shreve Simpson, Curator, for her book "Persian Poetry, Painting, and Patronage: Illustrations in a Sixteenth-Century Masterpiece" published in 1998. Many of the materials document the history, condition, and conservation of the Freer Jami, an illustrated version of the Haft Awrang in the collections of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Materials include photocopies of texts, reprints, notes, citations, correspondence, outlines, and related materials.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-179, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Islamic Near Eastern Art, Research Files

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Container List

Box 1

Freer Jami - Bukhara/Uzbeks

Box 1 of 2

Chapter IV - Bukhara

Box 1 of 2

Uzbekistan

Box 1 of 2

Freer Jami - Painters and Painting Attributes

Box 1 of 2

Dorn 408 - Shah-Mahmud

Box 1 of 2

Chapter III - Artists

Box 1 of 2

Chapter IV - Impact on Freer Jami

Box 1 of 2

Signature Formulations

Box 1 of 2

Ali Asghar - Text, Oeuvre, and Notes

Box 1 of 2

Sultan Muhammad Khandan

Box 1 of 2

Sultan Muhammad Khandan - Oeuvre

Box 1 of 2

Abdullah Shirazi

Box 1 of 2

Rustam Ali - Oeuvre

Box 1 of 2

Rustam Ali - Text and Notes

Box 1 of 2

Muhibb Ali - Text and Notes

Box 1 of 2

Muhibb Ali - Oeuvre

Box 1 of 2

Ayshi Ibn Ishrati - Text and Notes

Box 1 of 2

Ayshi - Oeuvre

Box 1 of 2

Shah Mahmoud al Nishapuri - Notes

Box 1 of 2

Malek al Daylami - Oeuvre

Box 1 of 2

Malek al Daylami - Notes and Text

Box 1 of 2

Dust Muhammad (Bayani)

Box 1 of 2

Muzaffar-'Ali

Box 1 of 2

Shaukh Muhammad

Box 1 of 2

"Ars Orientalis" - Shaukh Muhammad Article

Box 1 of 2

Shah Tahmasp

Box 1 of 2

Savory/Shah Tahmasp

Box 1 of 2

Sam Mirza

Box 1 of 2

Alqas Mirza

Box 1 of 2

Khusani

Box 1 of 2

Sultan Ibrahim Mirza

Box 1 of 2

Sultan Ibrahim Mirza - Secondary Sources

Box 1 of 2

Sultan Ibrahim Mirza - Patronage and Collecting

Box 1 of 2

Sultan Ibrahim Mirza - Poetry

Box 1 of 2

Manuscript plus Assar with Sultan Ibrahim Mirza

Box 1 of 2

Encyclopedia Iranica - Sultan Ibrahim Mirza

Box 1 of 2

Abu'l Fazl - "A'in Akbari"

Box 1 of 2

Abdi Beg - "Takamolat al-Akbar"

Box 1 of 2

Afandi, M. Ali - "Menakibi Hunarvaran"

Box 1 of 2

Alam ara Shah Isma'il

Box 1 of 2

Bildisi - "Sharafnama"

Box 1 of 2

Qisa Khan

Box 1 of 2

Munshi - "Calligraphers and Artists"

Box 1 of 2

Qazi Ahmad

Box 1 of 2

Qazi Ahmad/Suhayli Khunsari - "Gulistan"

Box 1 of 2

Qazi Ahmad - "Khulasat"

Box 1 of 2

Rumlu - "Ahsan al-Tavarikh"

Box 1 of 2

Sadiqi Beg

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Jami - Poet and Poetry (General)

Box 2 of 2

Jami - "Haft Awrang" Translations

Box 2 of 2

Masnavi

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - "Naqshbandis"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chapter II.1 "Silsilat al-Dhahab"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chapter II.2 "Yusuf and Zulaykha"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chapter II.3 "Subat al-Abrar"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chapter II.4 "Salamn and Absal"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chapter II.5 "Tuhfat al-Ahrar"

Box 2 of 2

Freer-Jami - Chapter II.6 "Layli and Majnum"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chapter II.7 "Khiradnamai-Iskandari"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Notes and "Ars Orientalis" Article

Box 2 of 2

Original Collation

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Condition

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Colophons and Seals

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Manuscripts in Scholarly Literature

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Chiesa Collection

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Attributions

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Jami Manuscript "Fihrist"

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Map

Box 2 of 2

Hamam (Primary Sources)

Box 2 of 2

Firearms (Primary Sources)

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Safavid History and Art History

Box 2 of 2

Safavid Headdress

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Safavid Art

Box 2 of 2

Safavid Laquerware

Box 2 of 2

Miscellaneous Single Paintings - Jami

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Ardabil

Box 2 of 2

Safavid Capital

Box 2 of 2

Freer Jami - Khorasan

Box 2 of 2