Publication Date
934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Publication Place
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The Walters Art Museum
Subject
Culture: Islamic | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Dimensions: Folio H: 9 13/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (25 x 15.5 cm)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
W.617
Record ID
walters-22469
Library Location
The Walters Art Museum
Date
934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.617, an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the collected works (Kulliyat-i Sa'di) of Sa`di (died 691 AH/AD 1292) contains, among other works, the Gulistan and the Bustan. It was written in black Nasta'liq script and, according to the Arabic colophon, was completed in Shiraz (Iran) on the 1st Rabi' I 934 AH/AD 1527. The poet's name, given as Muslih-i Din Shaykh Sa'di, is inscribed in the illuminated headpiece on fol. 3b. The codex opens with two illuminated medallions inscribed with the book's contents (fols. 1b-2a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a). The text begins with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a). There are 10 illustrations in total. The binding is not original to the manuscript.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts, visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: Safavid Dynasty | Inscriptions: | Reign: | Style: | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
MSS, ISL, MIS | Manuscripts
Malzeme
ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper covered with brown leather