Author
'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661), Kamal ibn `Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari (Iranian, died after 1558)
Publication Date
941 AH/AD 1534
Publication Place
Iran, Gorgan (Astarabad) (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 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.579
Library Location
Not on view
Date
941 AH/AD 1534
Notes
Walters manuscript W.579 is an illuminated manuscript of a prayer (wird) called Miftah al-najah, attributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the 4th caliph of Islam. According to the colophon, it was completed by Shaykh Kamal ibn 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sabzawari, the calligrapher and illuminator, in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan, Iran) in 941 AH/AD 1534. The text, divided into 5 compartments, is in calligraphic vocalized Naskh in black ink and vocalized Thuluth in gold ink outlined in black. Illuminated rosettes with colored dots serve as verse markers. The decorated colophon (fol. 8b) is written in Tawqi'/Riqa' in gold ink. Later bequest (waqf) seal impressions of the Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, dated 1130 AH/AD 1717, appear on fols. 2a, 2b, and 3a. The brown leather binding with interconnected gold-tooled lobed medallions and discs and doublures with filigree decoration is contemporary with the manuscript.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Masterpieces of Ornament. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore., Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2007, 1988, 1988
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
