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Collected Works (Kulliyat)

Title	Collected Works (Kulliyat)
Author	Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292)
Publication Date:	934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Publication Place	Iran, Shiraz (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	Folio H: 9 13/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (25 x 15.5 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.617
Library Location	Not on view
Date	934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Notes	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

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Collected Works (Kulliyat)

Author Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292)

Publication Date 934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)

Publication Place Iran, Shiraz (Place of Origin) -

Subject Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions Folio H: 9 13/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (25 x 15.5 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.617

Library Location Not on view

Date 934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)

Notes 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