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| Keywords: Ghazals by Sa'di.jpg en This calligraphic fragment includes a number of lyrical verses or ghazals composed by Shaykh Sa'di d 691/1292 Many of these verses express the pain at separation from a friend and exhort faithfulness to one's companions Sa'di's name appears in one of the verses at the very bottom of the right column The text is executed in black shikastah script and is surrounded by cloud band motifs on a background covered with gold leaf The central gutter separating the main text panel into two columns is decorated with interlacing blue flower and vine motifs The text panel is provided with several decorative frames and is pasted onto a blue paper ornamented with gold painted interlacing floral vines In the lower center of the text panel that is at the bottom of the central gutter appears the calligrapher's signature It reads written by the servant 'Abd al-Majid mashaqahu al-'abd 'Abd al-Majid A note on the fragment's verso not visible in this image also states 'Abd al-Majid the inventor of shikasta 17th century This is certainly Darvish 'Abd al-Majid al-Taliqani d 1185/1674-5 who resided in Isfahan the capital city of Persia Iran during the 17th century He was a master calligrapher in nasta'liq and is credited with the invention of shikastah a very fluid and literally broken script derivative of nasta'liq He was a poet in his own right and signed his poems with the pen-name takhallus The Extinguished One or Khamush Tavoosi 1987 34 A number of works signed by 'Abd al-Majid in Iranian collections bear similarities to the fragment in the Library of Congress These typically are executed in black shikastah or shikastah- nasta'liq and are framed by gold cloud bands see Tavoosi 1987 35 37 63 123 151 181 and 183 fa خوشنویسی غزل ŒÙ‡Ø§ÛŒÛŒ از سعدی century 17 http //international loc gov/cgi-bin/query/D ascsbib 3 /temp/~intldl_ZEHH Ghazals by Sa'di - The Library of Congress Selections of Arabic Persian and Ottoman Calligraphy Creator Saadi Calligrapher 'Abd al-Majid Custom license marker 2012 09 09 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Sa'di Persian manuscripts Shekasteh Nasta'liq Manuscripts in Iran Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection Cloud bands | ||||
