Author
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209), Yar Muhammad al-Haravi (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516), 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Fattah ibn 'Ali (Islamic, active ca. 922 AH/AD 1516)
Publication Date
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
Publication Place
Afghanistan (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts, Manuscripts and Rare Books
Type
belge
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.609
Library Location
Not on view
Date
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
Notes
This illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Nizami Ganjavi (died 605 AH/AD 1209), Walters manuscript W.609, was written by Yar Muhammad al-Haravi in 922 AH/AD 1516. Written in 4 columns in black Nasta'liq script, this manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece signed by 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Abd al-Fattah ibn 'Ali. It contains 35 illustrations that were repainted in India during the 12th century AH/AD 18th. The seal of Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, dated 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 appears on fols. 1a and 401a. It is possible that the brown leather binding with center and side panels brushed with gold is original to the manuscript but was repaired at a later stage in the codex's history.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2012, 1997
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
