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This is an illustrated collection of Persian poetry by such famous poets as Hāfiẓ, Saʿdī, Jāmī, and Ṣafā. It was executed in Qajar Iran in an oblong format in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. The text, which is incomplete at the beginning and at the end, is written in ploychrome shikastah script. Fifteen paintings illustrate the text. The goatskin binding is original to the manuscript.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
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fol. 52b:Title: Majnūn with the wild animalsForm: Illustration
fol. 85b:Title: A youth offers a seal (?) to his teacherForm: Illustration
fol. 97b:Title: Shīrīn admires the picture of KhusrawForm: Illustration
fol. 100b:Title: Fitnah carries an ox on her shoulders as BahrāmGūr watchesForm: Illustration
fol. 127b:Title: A teacher and pupilsForm: Illustration
Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Binding The binding is original.
Limp leather with painted cloth (no flap); Persian oblong(safīnah) format; floral decoration in the center panel
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Ḥasratnāmah-i Ṣafā (fol. 27b) and Ghazaliyāt-i Jāmī(fol. 45b)Hand note: Written in Shikastah script in black, red,blue, and whiteDecoration note: Fifteen illustrations; framing lines inblack, green, and red
Decoration fol. 8b:Title: Bahrām Gūr kills a gazelle before FitnahForm: Illustration
fol. 9b:Title: A holy man with a young girlForm: Illustration
fol. 11b:Title: Majnūn with the wild animalsForm: Illustration
fol. 12b:Title: Shīrīn visits Farhād engaged in cutting rocksForm: Illustration
fol. 13b:Title: Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathingForm: Illustration
fol. 14b:Title: A sleeping mother surrounded by her daughters(?)Form: Illustration
fol. 16b:Title: A boy presents a flowerForm: Illustration
fol. 45a:Title: A woman with a cup of wineForm: Illustration
fol. 49b:Title: A dervish with a bowl for almsForm: Illustration
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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.655
Descriptive Title Anthology of Persian poetry
Text title Muntakhabāt-i ashʿārVernacular:
Note: Title supplied by cataloger
Abstract This is an illustrated collection of Persian poetry by suchfamous poets as Hāfiẓ, Saʿdī, Jāmī, and Ṣafā. It was executedin Qajar Iran in an oblong format in the thirteenth centuryAH / nineteenth CE. The text, which is incomplete at thebeginning and at the end, is written in ploychrome shikastahscript. Fifteen paintings illustrate the text. The goatskinbinding is original to the manuscript.
Date Early 13th century AH / 19th CE
Origin Iran
Form Book
Genre Literary -- Poetry
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Support material Paper
Laid paper with some leaves tinted
Extent Foliation: i+131+i
Dimensions 7.0 cm wide by 13.0 cm high
Written surface 5.0 cm wide by 9.0 cm high
Layout Columns: 2Ruled lines: 6Text written obliquely and horizontally; framing lines inblack, green, and red
Contents fols. 1a - 131b:Title: Muntakhabāt-i ashʿārText note: Incomplete at beginning and end; someleaves out of order; two clearly identified sections:
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011
A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.655, Anthology of Persian poetryTitle: Muntakhabāt-i ashʿār
Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.thewalters.org/