Fragments of light 5
By: Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi ; translated by Zahra Partovi ; sculpture by Linda Schrank
Contributors: Partovi, Zahra, tr., binder; Schrank, Linda, sculptor; Kelly, Jerry, 1955- calligrapher; Studio Associates; Hands On Bookbinding; Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company
Publisher: Vincent FitzGerald and Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; per
Subjects: Persian Sufi poetry; Translations into English; Persian language; Texts
Other titles: Fragments of light five
Notes: "Artist's book ... [consisting of] 32 [clear acrylic] slats (tiles) for the text in English and Persian + 10 tiles for titlepage and colophon. Bound by Zahra Partovi: the tiles sewn with blue and saffron ties (fishing line) fastened at end with small plastic disc so that ladder of tiles can be unfolded from an acrylic rectangular base; the English text on one side, the Persian text on tiles with violet and saffron fishing line threads, the binding style based on the style of the Chinese slatbook ... The colophon and titlepage unfold from each end of the center 'platform' as well. All four unfolding sides are affixed to a garnet-colored rectangular [base] of acrylic drilled with holes through which the threads are laced. Housed in black suede foldover box by Hands On Bookbinding, the box lined with silver industrial Mylar, each of the two long sides unfolding twice and the shorter two sides unfolding once."--From the website of vendor Priscilla Juvelis.

"Type: Alcuin (modified); Calligraphy: Jerry Kelly; Laser: Studio Associates; Binding: Zahra Partovi; Box: Hands On Bookbinding."--Colophon.

Issued in an edition of 35 copies, signed by the translator and the artist.

Persian text with English translation.