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Abstract

This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), written in the first half of the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. There are five illustrations.

Hand note

Written in black nastaʿlīq script; the words ayḍan and wa-lahu in white

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
Illustration
Islamic
Persian
Sufism
Literature -- Poetry

Origin Place

Iran

Date

First half of the 11th century AH / 17th CE

Form

book

Binding

Non-original Binding

Binding Description

Probably twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE; dark brown leather (with flap); gold-tooled and -painted central rectangular panel and frames

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Provenance

Seal impression: ʿAbd Allāh al-Murādī, 1132 AH / 1719 CE

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

← search Collection of poems (divan) W.638

Origin Place

Iran

Date

First half of the 11th century AH / 17th CE

Form

book

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Provenance

Seal impression: ʿAbd Allāh al-Murādī, 1132 AH / 1719 CE

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), written in the first half of the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. There are five illustrations.

Hand note

Written in black nastaʿlīq script; the words ayḍan and wa-lahu in white

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
Illustration
Islamic
Persian
Sufism
Literature -- Poetry
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