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Sep 29, 2010
Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)
Illuminated Folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)
c. 1475–1500; border: c. 1550
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(1501-1722)
Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper
Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 2006.148
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Written in both prose and verse, the Gulistan was used for centuries as a primer for schoolchildren in greater Iran, India, and Turkey.
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In the border surrounding the Persian poetical text, deer and a lion coexist peacefully in a forest. This imagery may reference the rule of a righteous king.
The text is from the Gulistan, one of the most celebrated works of Persian literature, completed around 1258. Gulistan means “Rose Garden” in Persian; just as a rose garden is a collection of flowers, the contents are a collection of anecdotes. This page is from the section “On the Conduct of Kings.”
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