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Abstract

This manuscript is an anonymous illuminated and illustrated tenth-century AH / sixteenth CE copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Ḥāfiẓ (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). Written in nastaʿlīq script, this codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece and has three additional double-page illustrations.

Hand note

Written in black nastaʿlīq script

Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Cataloger: Landau, Amy

Cataloger: Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Contributor: Barrera, Christina

Contributor: Emery, Doug

Contributor: Herbert, Lynley

Contributor: Noel, William

Contributor: Simpson, Shreve

Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

Contributor: Valle, Chiara

Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie

Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Upper board outside

Front flyleaf ia flap closed

Spine

Fore-edge

Head

Tail

Keywords
Colophon
Illustration
Iran
Islamic
Persian
Safavid
Sufism
Literature -- Poetry

Origin Place

Iran

Date

10th century AH / 16th CE

Form

book

Binding Description

Dark brown leather (with flap); central lobed medallion with pendants and cornerpieces brushed with gold; endleaves of marbled paper; gilt edges

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.

Provenance

Ownership statement: Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá

Seal impression: Muḥammad Rizā Javāhid Zamūnī[?]

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

← search Collection of poems (divan) W.633

Origin Place

Iran

Date

10th century AH / 16th CE

Form

book

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.

Provenance

Ownership statement: Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá

Seal impression: Muḥammad Rizā Javāhid Zamūnī[?]

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This manuscript is an anonymous illuminated and illustrated tenth-century AH / sixteenth CE copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Ḥāfiẓ (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). Written in nastaʿlīq script, this codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece and has three additional double-page illustrations.

Hand note

Written in black nastaʿlīq script

References

Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Cataloger: Landau, Amy

Cataloger: Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Contributor: Barrera, Christina

Contributor: Emery, Doug

Contributor: Herbert, Lynley

Contributor: Noel, William

Contributor: Simpson, Shreve

Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

Contributor: Valle, Chiara

Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie

Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

Bindings & Oddities

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Upper board outside

Front flyleaf ia flap closed

Spine

Fore-edge

Head

Tail

Keywords
Colophon
Illustration
Iran
Islamic
Persian
Safavid
Sufism
Literature -- Poetry
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