Author
Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century), 'Ali Quli ibn Qadr ibn Nur[...] Barrak (?) (Iranian)
Publication Date
966 AH/AD 1559 (Safavid)
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: 10 1/4 x W: 6 1/8 in. (26 x 15.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.630
Library Location
Not on view
Date
966 AH/AD 1559 (Safavid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.630 is an illuminated copy of the collection of poems (divan) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz al-Shirazi (flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th). The manuscript is written in black Nasta'liq script by 'Ali Quli Barrak (?) and dated Sha'ban 966 AH/AD 1559. The text opens with an illuminated incipit with titlepiece inscribed: Divan-i Khvajah Hafiz Shirazi 'alayhi al-rahmah (fol. 1b). The text of the incipit and the facing page (fols. 1b-2a) has gilt interlinear decoration. The dark brown leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, is panel-stamped in relief with a central lobed medallion with pendants and an allover floral and vine decoration. The doublures of red-brown leather have a central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces in leather filigree on a blue ground.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2010
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
