REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 23 



MANUSCRIPTS 



32.27. Japanese, sixteenth-seventeenth century. An album of 30 poems from 

 tlie Genji Monogatari, written in hiragana. Each poem is accompanied 

 by a miniature painting. (See below under Paintings, 32.27a-dd.) 



32.29. Persian, early fifteenth century. Mongol (Djala'ir) period. Poems of 



Sultan Ahmad ibn 'Uways i-Djala'ir. A book of 337 leaves, bound in 

 brown leather. Text written in nasta'ltq script. Illuminated title page 

 and eight pages with border decorations. (See below under Paintings, 

 32.30-32.37.) 



32.45. Persian, early sixteenth century. Herat school. Sultan Mahmud Nur, 

 calligraphist. Selected poems (from the Diwdn) of Hafiz, with ex- 

 tracts from the works of Il)n Yamin, Omar Khayyam, and Ni?ami 

 written on the margins. A volume of 75 leaves, in a seventeenth 

 century Indian binding of red leather with gold tooling; text in delicate 

 nasta'llq script. Two illuminated pages, many illuminated head and 

 tail pieces, and seven minature paintings. (See below under Paintings, 

 32.48-32.54.) 



32.55-32.57. Persian, tenth century. Three leaves from a parchment Qur'dn. 

 Text written in ornamental kufl script; 1 illuminated chapter 

 heading and 5 gold lection marks. 



32.59-32.61. Arabic (Egypt), fifteentli century. Three illuminated pages from 

 a book of selections from the Qur'an. Text written in a hand- 

 some tiuiIth script; illuminations in gold and blue, on paper. 



32.62. Arabic (Egypt), eighth century. A leaf from a parchment Qur'dn. 

 Recto: a page ornament in gold and slight color; verso: seven lines of 

 text in kufl script in brown ink. 



PAINTINGS 



32.27. Japanese, sixteenth-seventeenth century. By Tosa Mitsunori. Thirty 

 a-dd miniature paintings executed in ink, slight color and gold, illustrating 



scenes from the Genji Monogatari; bound in an album. Each painting 

 is accompanied by a poem from the same work. (See above under 

 Manuscripts, 32.27.) 



32.28. Persian, sixteenth century. Herat school. Portrait of a painter in 



Turkish dress, painted in opaque colors and slight gold on paper. 

 Persian, early fifteenth century. Mongol (Djala'ir) period. A series of 

 eight border illustrations, executed for the most part in ink drawing in 

 the Chinese taste, from tlie MS. book. Poems of Sultan Ahvidd Djald'ir 

 (sec above under Manuscripts, 32.29): 



32.30. A scene of country life in Central Asia. 



32.31. A spring scene including the figures of two lovers. 



32.32. An autumn scene: philosophers in discourse. 



32.33. Angels descending in streams of golden flame. Executed in gold and tints 



of rose and blue. 

 32.34-32.35. A nomad encampment in Central Asia, designed, apparently, as one 

 composition on two facing pages. 



32.36. Ducks. 



32.37. A stream, wild ducks and cranes. 



Persian, sixteenth century, Herat school. A series of 9 ilUuninations and 

 illustrations from the manuscript book, the Diwdn of Hafiz (see above 

 under Manuscripts 32.45), painted, with one exception, in opaque colors 

 and gold on paper: 



