Isfahan: MRA-IRN-Isf011
Sample ID
- MRA-IRN-Isf011
Sample Material Type
- Paper
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 5
- Width
- 2.3
- Notes
- largest paper fagment
Other info about sample identity
- 'Busta-nº1 ( I-parete1) and campioni di carta e campioni di spechio' [ identification on the envelope]
Geographic Location
- Country
- Iran
- Place
- ISFAHAN- Chehel Sotoun Palace
- Detailed location not available
- no
Historical note about the site/monument
Chehel Sotoun (Persian: “forty columns”) was built by Shah Abbas II in the 17th century to serve as a luxurious reception hall and recreational pavilion. The name of the Safavid palace alludes to the twenty wooden columns at the building’s entrance, which, reflected in the fountains in front of it, seem to double. The interior of the pavilion includes extensive painted tile decoration, much of which is now exhibited in museums across the world. The style of the paintings is variable, and its themes include historical scenes of military feats as well as depictions of figures at leisure. Investigations by the Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente have also uncovered hitherto unknown mural paintings in the flanking chambers of the pavilion underneath a layer of whitewash. These frescoes depict scenes of nature and animals as well as banquet scenes, executed in the style of the courtly miniature paintings connected with Reżā ʿAbbāsī.
Sources:
https://iranicaonline.org/articles/cehel-sotun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chehel_Sotoun
Further reading:
Kordi, F. (2015). Persian gardens in Indian Subcontinent and Comparing of the Shalimar garden and Chehel Sotoun. Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, 5(7), 313-319.
Utaberta, N. U., Mamamni, H., Surat, M., Che-Ani, A. I., & Abdullah, N. A. G. (2012). The study on the development of
Sample taken by
- Paolo Mora
Date of sampling
- Unknown
- Yes
- Year/Decade/Century
- 1965
Related samples
- MRA-IRN-Isf012 to MRA-IRN-Isf017
Other information about the sample
- This sample is inside an envelope from the Dipartimento Archeologico di Isfahan (Iran), identified on the front as “BUSTA nº 1 (I1 – Parete 1)” and on the back as “campioni di carta e campioni di specchio”. There was also a letter loose inside the box where this sample was found, indicating that the three envelopes referred to as busta 1, 2 and 3 come from the Chehel Sotoun Palace in the city of Isfahan, Iran. The author of the document is Paolo Mora, and the letter is dated 24 April 1965.
Other materials/notes
- Moderate. The paper is fragile and ideally should not be removed from its holder.