Author
Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/AD 1461-1462)
Publication Date
1022 AH/AD 1613 (Safavid)
Publication Place
Afghanistan, Herat (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 2 5/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (5.8 x 17 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.652
Library Location
Not on view
Date
1022 AH/AD 1613 (Safavid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.652 is an abridged metrical paraphrase of the 2nd maqalah of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation) by Zakariya' al-Qazwini (died 682 AH/AD 1283) with additions from other sources by Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/AD 1461-1462). The text was copied in Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) in 1022 AH/AD 1613 in the library of the governor of Khurasan Husayn Khan Shamlu-yi Biklirbiki (Beglerbegi). The manuscript is illustrated with 14 paintings in an early Safavid style from the 11th century AH/AD 17th. The present binding is not original to the manuscript.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Academy Art Museum, Easton; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown., Elephants. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., The Book of Persia and India. Grolier Club, New York.
Sergi Yılı
2002, 1987-1988, 1984-1985, 1962
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
