Author
Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Ibn Ahmad Jami' (Barzan, v. 898 AH/AD 1492), Haidar al-Husayni (Barzan, Acta K. 1557-1558)
Publication Date
965 AH/AD 1557-1558 (Safavid)
Publication Place
Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
belge
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.642
Library Location
Not on view
Date
965 AH/AD 1557-1558 (Safavid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.642 is an illuminated copy of the well-known poem (masnavi) Subhat al-abrar (The rosary of the righteous) by Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492), produced in Safavid Iran. The text, written in Nasta'liq script, was copied by Haydar al-Husayni in 965 AH/AD 1557-1558, according to the Arabic colophon (fol. 112a). The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit inscribed with the title of the work and the author's name. The subsequent pages have decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The dark brown goatskin binding, which is original to the manuscript, has light brown doublures decorated with filigree work on a multi-colored ground. The original shelfmark of 3934 is inscribed on the tail edge of the codex.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
1984-1985
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
