Author
'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661), Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Balkhi al-Vatvat (died ca. 578 AH/AD 1182)
Publication Date
9th century AH/AD 15th century
Publication Place
Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.615
Library Location
Not on view
Date
9th century AH/AD 15th century
Notes
Walters manuscript W.615, an illuminated copy of One hundred sayings, referred to as Mi'at kalimah in Arabic and Sad kalimah in Persian and attributed to the 4th caliph of Islam, "Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661), contains a Persian paraphrase (dubayt) by Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Balkhi, known as al-Vatvat (Watwat) (died ca. 578 AH/AD 1182). The manuscript was completed in Iran sometime in the 9th century AH/AD 15th. The sayings of `Ali in Arabic are written in blue Muhaqqaq and gold Thuluth scripts, and the Persian verses are written in black Naskh scripts. The codex opens with an illuminated titlepiece inscribed in white Tawqi script (fol. 1b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central lobed medallion and pendants and doublures with filigree decoration may date to the 9th or 10th century AH/AD 15th or 16th.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
To Arrest the Ravages of Time: Caring for Art at the Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
1996
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
