Author
Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century), Zayn al-'Abidin bin ar-Rahman al-Jami (active ca. 1512)
Publication Date
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)
Publication Place
Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 8 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (21.5 x 13.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.628
Library Location
Not on view
Date
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.628 is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript copy of the Collection of poems (divan) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz al-Shirazi (flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th). It was written in black Nasta"liq script with chapter/section headings in gold ink by Zayn al-"Abidin "Abd al-Rahman al-Jami in 918 AH/AD 1512 in Safavid Iran. The manuscript opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a). The text begins with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 2b). There are three additional illustrations (fols. 24a, 49b, and 87a). The red leather binding, which is not original and may be attributed to late 12th-century AH/AD 18th or 13th-century AH/AD 19th Turkey, has a scalloped medallion with gold-tooled decoration and borders.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2014-2016, 1984-1985
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
