Collection of Poems (Divan)

10th century AH/AD 16th century; Paintings: 11th century AH/AD 17th century

16.5 cm 27 cm

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Walters manuscript W.640 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry (Divan-i avval or Fatihat al-shabab) by Nur al-Din Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492). According to the colophon, is was copied by the illustrious Safavid calligrapher Shah Mahmud...

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Muhammad Amin [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with the name Muhammad Amin on fol. 3a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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