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Source Description
According to this colophon written in Arabic from Walters manuscript W.625, the manuscript was completed in 865 AH/AD 1461 by Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib. It reads as follows: tamma al-kitabu al-Mathnawi al-ma'nawi al-mawlawi wa-al-hamd li-Llah ta'alá wa-husn tawfiqih /1/ wa-al-salh wa-al-salam wa-la-tahiyah wa-al-ikramu 'alá khayr khalqih Muhammad wa-alih wa-sahbih /2/ ajma'in al-tayyibin al-tahirin wa-sallama tasliman /3/ 'alá yad ad'af 'ibad Allah ta'alá /4/ wa-ahwajihim ilá 'afwih wa-ghufranih /5/ Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib 'afa Allah /6/ 'anhuma fi hijjah [sic] khams wa-sittin wa-thamanimi'ah /7/ Allahumma ighfir li-sahibih wa-li-katibih /8/ wa-li-qari'ih wa-li-jami' al-mu'minin /9/ wa-al-mu'minat /10/ m [=tamma] /11/.
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Document identity
localId
80048
label
Illuminated Colophon to the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
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object
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Source metadata
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80048
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object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Colophon to the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
description
According to this colophon written in Arabic from Walters manuscript W.625, the manuscript was completed in 865 AH/AD 1461 by Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib. It reads as follows: tamma al-kitabu al-Mathnawi al-ma'nawi al-mawlawi wa-al-hamd li-Llah ta'alá wa-husn tawfiqih /1/ wa-al-salh wa-al-salam wa-la-tahiyah wa-al-ikramu 'alá khayr khalqih Muhammad wa-alih wa-sahbih /2/ ajma'in al-tayyibin al-tahirin wa-sallama tasliman /3/ 'alá yad ad'af 'ibad Allah ta'alá /4/ wa-ahwajihim ilá 'afwih wa-ghufranih /5/ Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib 'afa Allah /6/ 'anhuma fi hijjah [sic] khams wa-sittin wa-thamanimi'ah /7/ Allahumma ighfir li-sahibih wa-li-katibih /8/ wa-li-qari'ih wa-li-jami' al-mu'minin /9/ wa-al-mu'minat /10/ m [=tamma] /11/.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
865 AH/AD 1461
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CC0
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.5
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (24.5 x 16 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic; Persian
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tamma al-kitābu al-Mathnawī al-ma'nawī al-mawlawī wa-al-hamd li-Llāh ta'ālá wa-husn tawfīqih /1/ wa-al-sal<ā>h wa-al-salām wa-la-tahīyah wa-al-ikrāmu 'alá khayr khalqih Muhammad wa-ālih wa-sahbih /2/ ajma'īn al-tayyibīn al-tāhirīn wa-sallama taslīman /3/ 'alá yad ad'af 'ibād Allāh ta'ālá /4/ wa-ahwajihim ilá 'afwih wa-ghufrānih /5/ Ahmad ibn Hājjī Abī Bakr al-Kātib 'afā Allāh /6/ 'anhumā fī hijjah [sic] khams wa-sittīn wa-thamānimi'ah /7/ Allahumma ighfir li-sāhibih wa-li-kātibih /8/ wa-li-qāri'ih wa-li-jamī' al-mu'minīn /9/ wa-al-mu'mināt /10/ m [=tamma] /11/
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ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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15728
15727
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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