Author
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
Publication Date
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
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 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.604
Library Location
Not on view
Date
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.604 is an illuminated and illustrated Timurid copy of the Khamsah of Nizami Ganjavi (died 605 AH/AD 1209), completed in 886 AH/AD 1481. The text is written in black Nasta'liq script with chapter/section headings in red. Illuminated headings written in a foliated New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in white ink on a blue background with polychrome decoration introduce the poems of the Khamsah (fols. 26b, 97a, 146b, and 202b). (The beginning of Makhzan al-asrar is now missing). There are 60 illustrations. The reddish brown leather binding dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th.
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
