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Collected Works (Kulliyat)

Title	Collected Works (Kulliyat)
Author	Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292)
Publication Date:	926 AH/AD 1520
Publication Place	Iran (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: 5 11/16 in. (25 x 14.5 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.616
Library Location	Not on view
Date	926 AH/AD 1520
Notes	Walters manuscript W.616 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collected works (Kulliyat) of Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292). The text, which was completed on 10 Jumadá II 926 AH/AD 1520, is written in Nasta'liq script in black, with incidentals in gold and blue. The codex originally opened with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), although fol. 1b was replaced at some point in the manuscript's history. There are 13 paintings illustrating the text, and illuminated incipit pages introduce the beginning of each individual work. The gold-brushed brown leather binding with floral and vine decoration seems to be contemporary with, although 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 926 AH/AD 1520

Publication Place Iran (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: 5 11/16 in. (25 x 14.5 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.616

Library Location Not on view

Date 926 AH/AD 1520

Notes Walters manuscript W.616 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collected works (Kulliyat) of Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292). The text, which was completed on 10 Jumadá II 926 AH/AD 1520, is written in Nasta'liq script in black, with incidentals in gold and blue. The codex originally opened with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), although fol. 1b was replaced at some point in the manuscript's history. There are 13 paintings illustrating the text, and illuminated incipit pages introduce the beginning of each individual work. The gold-brushed brown leather binding with floral and vine decoration seems to be contemporary with, although not original to, the manuscript.

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters