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Abstract

This illuminated and illustrated Safavid manuscript, executed in Safavid Iran in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, contains two poetical works: Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE) and Mihr va Mushtarī by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Aṣṣār Tabrīzī (d. 784 AH / 1382 CE). The two texts can be read side by side on the same page, either written horizontally or obliquely. There are four paintings illustrating the text (fols. 58b, 91a, 159a, and 180b). The brown leather binding with dentelle-style decoration in multi-colored filigree work may date to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, although it is unlikely to be original to the manuscript.

Hand note

Written in black nastaʿlīq script with chapter/section headings 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

Lower board outside

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Fore-edge

Head

Tail

Keywords
Illustration
Iran
Islamic
Persian
Safavid
Literature -- Poetry

Origin Place

Iran

Date

10th century AH / 16th CE

Form

book

Binding

Non-original Binding

Binding Description

May date to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE; brown leather (no flap); dentelle-style decoration in multi-colored filigree work

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Provenance

Oval seal: ʿAbduhu Muḥammad Kāẓim

Square seal: ʿIṣmat Zīnat Sulṭān, dated 12[?]49 AH / 1833 CE

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

← search Two poetical works: Yusuf and Zulaykha and Mihr and Mushtari W.645

Origin Place

Iran

Date

10th century AH / 16th CE

Form

book

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Provenance

Oval seal: ʿAbduhu Muḥammad Kāẓim

Square seal: ʿIṣmat Zīnat Sulṭān, dated 12[?]49 AH / 1833 CE

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This illuminated and illustrated Safavid manuscript, executed in Safavid Iran in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, contains two poetical works: Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE) and Mihr va Mushtarī by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Aṣṣār Tabrīzī (d. 784 AH / 1382 CE). The two texts can be read side by side on the same page, either written horizontally or obliquely. There are four paintings illustrating the text (fols. 58b, 91a, 159a, and 180b). The brown leather binding with dentelle-style decoration in multi-colored filigree work may date to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, although it is unlikely to be original to the manuscript.

Hand note

Written in black nastaʿlīq script with chapter/section headings 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

Lower board outside

Spine

Fore-edge

Head

Tail

Keywords
Illustration
Iran
Islamic
Persian
Safavid
Literature -- Poetry
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