The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the famous story of Joseph and the Potiphar's wife (Yūsuf va Zulaykhā) by Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). The manuscript was written in India in the late twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE in black nastaʿlīq script. There are forty-seven paintings illustrating the text. The lacquer binding with floral decoration is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.
Written in black Indian nastaʿlīq script with section headings in red
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
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 356, 359-361, 369.
Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 334.
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.
India
Late 12th century AH / 18th CE
book
Non-original Binding
Possibly dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE; lacquer (no flap); floral design covering the whole surface of the boards, including the central ovals and pendants
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Acquisition note: Made in Dār al-ʿIbādah Yazd, dated Ramaḍān 1236 AH / 1821 CE and signed by the court librarian Mīrzā Bābā; seal underneath: ʿAbduh Jahāngīr, 118[0][?] AH / 1766-7 CE
Former owner: Muḥammad Valī Mīrzā
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
India
Late 12th century AH / 18th CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Acquisition note: Made in Dār al-ʿIbādah Yazd, dated Ramaḍān 1236 AH / 1821 CE and signed by the court librarian Mīrzā Bābā; seal underneath: ʿAbduh Jahāngīr, 118[0][?] AH / 1766-7 CE
Former owner: Muḥammad Valī Mīrzā
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the famous story of Joseph and the Potiphar's wife (Yūsuf va Zulaykhā) by Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). The manuscript was written in India in the late twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE in black nastaʿlīq script. There are forty-seven paintings illustrating the text. The lacquer binding with floral decoration is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.
Written in black Indian nastaʿlīq script with section headings in red
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
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 356, 359-361, 369.
Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 334.
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.
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