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Source Description
This illuminated and illustrated anthology, Walters manuscript W653, was compiled in 1105 AH/AD 1693 in Safavid Iran. The manuscript includes works by such poets as Jami, Azari, Fayzi, Nava'i, and Sa'di. The margins of colored and marbled paper are decorated with stenciled, illuminated, and painted motifs, including an angel, a young man reading a book, a youth pouring wine, and various animals. There are five paintings in the codex (fols. 8b, 16b, 17a, 19b, and 24b). The green leather binding is not original to the codex and probably dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th.
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19402
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Anthology of Persian Poetry
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Anthology of Persian Poetry
description
This illuminated and illustrated anthology, Walters manuscript W653, was compiled in 1105 AH/AD 1693 in Safavid Iran. The manuscript includes works by such poets as Jami, Azari, Fayzi, Nava'i, and Sa'di. The margins of colored and marbled paper are decorated with stenciled, illuminated, and painted motifs, including an angel, a young man reading a book, a youth pouring wine, and various animals. There are five paintings in the codex (fols. 8b, 16b, 17a, 19b, and 24b). The green leather binding is not original to the codex and probably dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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18
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Folio H: 7 1/16 x W: 3 15/16 in. (18 x 10 cm)
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Islamic; Persian
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Safavid Dynasty
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ink and pigments on colored and marbled paper with stenciled, painted, and illuminated designs bound between boards covered with green and brown leather; marbled paper pastedowns
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