Author
Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492), Sultan 'Ali
Publication Date
899 AH/AD 1493-1494 (Timurid)
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: 6 11/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (17 x 11.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.641
Library Location
Not on view
Date
899 AH/AD 1493-1494 (Timurid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.641 is an illuminated Timurid copy of a selection of poems by Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492). The colophon indicates that it was copied in Herat (present-day Afghanistan) by Sultan 'Ali in 899 AH/AD 1493-1494 (fol. 70b). The manuscript opens with an illuminated incipit with an inscribed headpiece. The black leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, has a stamped central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces, which are all covered with cloudband motifs.The doublures of red leather with similar design are decorated with filigree work on a blue ground. There is an erased bequest (waqf) seal and registration statement, probably belonging to the Sultan 'Uthman (reigned 1027-1031 AH/AD 1618-1622) (fol. 1a).
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
1988
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
