Shirin Entertains Khusraw

Title	Shirin Entertains Khusraw
Publication Date:	1597-1598 (Mughal)
Publication Place	- The Walters Art Museum
Subject	Culture: Islamic \| more \| less
Type	kitap
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	Dimensions: H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W.624.51A
Record ID	walters-31354
Library Location	The Walters Art Museum
Date	1597-1598 (Mughal)
Notes	This pavilion scene from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the Armenian princess Shirin welcoming Khusraw in Armenia. The illustration is the work of ('amal-i) Manuhar. This is a deluxe copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). The manuscript was written in nastaʿlīq script by one of the greatest calligraphers of the Mughal atelier, Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Kashmīrī, honored with the epithet Zarrīn Qalam (golden pen). This copy of Dihlavī's Khamsah, likely produced in Lahore (present-day Pakistan) in the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, is associated with the patronage of Akbar (r. 963-1014 AH / 1556-1605 CE). The manuscript bears the names of a number of painters and illuminators. The illustrations bear ascriptions to the following artists: Laʿl (Lāl), Manūhar, Sānwalah, Farrukh, Alīqulī, Dharamdās, Narsing, Jagannāth, Miskīnā, Mukund, and Sūrdās Gujarātī. The illuminators are Ḥusayn Naqqāsh, Manṣūr Naqqāsh, Khvājah Jān Shīrāzī, and Luṭf Allāh Muẕahhib. The borders are all elaborately illuminated with animal, bird, and geometric motifs, as well as human figures engaged in such activities as hunting, praying, and reading. The lacquer binding, decorated with pictorial scenes, is contemporary with the manuscript. Eight leaves from this copy of the Khamsah of Dihlavī are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (13.228.26-33).For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org. \| Dynasty: Mughal Dynasty \| Inscriptions: \| Reign: \| Style: Mughal \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	MSS, ISL, MIS \| Manuscripts
Malzeme	ink and paint on laid paper

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Shirin Entertains Khusraw

Publication Date 1597-1598 (Mughal)

Publication Place - The Walters Art Museum

Subject Culture: Islamic | more | less

Type kitap

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions Dimensions: H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID W.624.51A

Record ID walters-31354

Library Location The Walters Art Museum

Date 1597-1598 (Mughal)

Notes This pavilion scene from Walters manuscript W.624 depicts the Armenian princess Shirin welcoming Khusraw in Armenia. The illustration is the work of ('amal-i) Manuhar. This is a deluxe copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). The manuscript was written in nastaʿlīq script by one of the greatest calligraphers of the Mughal atelier, Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Kashmīrī, honored with the epithet Zarrīn Qalam (golden pen). This copy of Dihlavī's Khamsah, likely produced in Lahore (present-day Pakistan) in the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, is associated with the patronage of Akbar (r. 963-1014 AH / 1556-1605 CE). The manuscript bears the names of a number of painters and illuminators. The illustrations bear ascriptions to the following artists: Laʿl (Lāl), Manūhar, Sānwalah, Farrukh, Alīqulī, Dharamdās, Narsing, Jagannāth, Miskīnā, Mukund, and Sūrdās Gujarātī. The illuminators are Ḥusayn Naqqāsh, Manṣūr Naqqāsh, Khvājah Jān Shīrāzī, and Luṭf Allāh Muẕahhib. The borders are all elaborately illuminated with animal, bird, and geometric motifs, as well as human figures engaged in such activities as hunting, praying, and reading. The lacquer binding, decorated with pictorial scenes, is contemporary with the manuscript. Eight leaves from this copy of the Khamsah of Dihlavī are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (13.228.26-33).For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: Mughal Dynasty | Inscriptions: | Reign: | Style: Mughal | more | less

Parçası Olduğu MSS, ISL, MIS | Manuscripts

Malzeme ink and paint on laid paper