Yazar
Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292)
Basım Tarihi
934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Basım Yeri
Iran, Shiraz (Place of Origin) -
Konu
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Tür
Belge
Dil
Arapça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Folio H: 9 13/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (25 x 15.5 cm)
Kütüphane
Walters Sanat Müzesi
Kayıt Numarası
W.617
Lokasyon
Not on view
Tarih
934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Notlar
Walters manuscript W.617, an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the collected works (Kulliyat-i Sa'di) of Sa`di (died 691 AH/AD 1292) contains, among other works, the Gulistan and the Bustan. It was written in black Nasta'liq script and, according to the Arabic colophon, was completed in Shiraz (Iran) on the 1st Rabi' I 934 AH/AD 1527. The poet's name, given as Muslih-i Din Shaykh Sa'di, is inscribed in the illuminated headpiece on fol. 3b. The codex opens with two illuminated medallions inscribed with the book's contents (fols. 1b-2a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a). The text begins with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a). There are 10 illustrations in total. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters