Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Constellations Corona Borealis (al-Fakka) , Hercules (al-Jathi), Lyre (al-Shalyaq), Cygnus (al-Taya'ir); verso: Constellations of Cassiopeia (Dhat al-Kursi) and Perseus (Barsiya'us)
Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d. 1283) Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
Diam (recto diagram): 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iraq or Eastern Turkey
Date:
early 15th century
Description:
One of 82 detached folios from a dispersed copy of a Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283). Recto: Constellations of the Corona Borealis: Hercules, Lyra, and Cygnus. P.22. Verso: Constellations of Cassiopeia and Persius. P. 23.
Provenance:
To 1945
Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre (1865-1945). [1]
To 1954
Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [2]
From 1954
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Paul Kempner, New York on behalf of Mme. Maria Sarre, Ascona, Switzerland. [3]
Notes:
[1] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 2. “The manuscript was originally acquired by Prof. Friedrich Sarre in Algiers”.
[2] Object file F1954.33-114, undated folder sheet note 1. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
[3] See note 2. See also invoice dated July 22, 1954 and correspondences between Dr. Paul Kempner and the Freer Gallery, dated July 21, 1954; copies in object file.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Wonders of Creation, Oddities of Existence: An Exhibition in Celebration of Halley's Comet (February 28, 1986 to October 27, 1986)
