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Walters Ms. W.670, Album of Persian and Indian calligraphy, miniatures, and prints

Walters Ms. W.670, Album of Persian and Indian calligraphy, miniatures, and prints

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Bihzād (artist)

Riz̤ā Muṣavvir (artist)

Muḥammad Ṣādiq al-Riḍawī (Riz̤avī) (scribe)

Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Navvāb Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī (scribe)

Mīr ʿAlī (scribe)

Shāh Maḥmūd (scribe)

ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī (scribe)

Muḥammad ʿAlī (scribe)

Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Kulpāykānī (Gulpāygānī) (scribe)

Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Iṣfahānī (scribe)

This is an album, in the form of an accordion book, of Persian and Indian calligraphy and miniatures, as well as two European prints, assembled in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. It contains fourteen illustrations, two of which are ascribed to Bihzād (fol. 2b) and Riz̤ā Muṣavvir (fol. 6a). There are also bird and flower paintings attributable to the late Zand or early Qajar periods, as well as late Mughal portrait paintings. There are numerous calligraphy specimens in various Persian scripts, such as Nayrīzī-style naskh, taʿlīq, nastaʿlīq, and shikastah. The majority of these calligraphic compositions (in Persian and Arabic) are signed by Iranian calligraphers of the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE, such as Muḥammad Ṣādiq al-Riḍawī (Riz̤avī), ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad ʿAlī, Muḥammad Kāẓim Kulpāykānī (Gulpāygānī), and Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Iṣfahānī. For full description, see http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W670/description.html

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.

Fourteen Persian and Indian illustrations, two of which are ascribed to Bihzād (fol. 2b) and Riz̤ā Muṣavvir (fol. 6a)

fol. 2b Court scene Illustration This illustration bears a later attribution to Bihzād in the small panel on the left side of the composition. The style is comparable to painting in Bukhara during the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE.

fol. 3a An enthroned Mughal prince with four attendants Illustration

fol. 3b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page

fol. 4a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page

fol. 4b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in Nayrīzī-style naskh script and is signed by Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Gulpāykānī.

fol. 5a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in Nayrīzī-style naskh script and is signed by Muḥammad Ṣādiq al-Riḍawī (Riz̤avī), dated 1257 AH / 1841-2 CE.

fol. 5b Portrait of an Indian girl with raised hand Illustration

fol. 6a Dervish with a cup Drawing This drawing of a dervish with a cup bears the inscription mashaqahu (?) Riz̤ā Muṣavvir.

fol. 6b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in Nayrīzī-style naskh script and is signed by Ibn Muḥammad ʿAlī, dated 1224 AH / 1809 CE.

fol. 7a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in Nayrīzī-style naskh script and is signed by Muḥammad Ṣādiq al-Riḍawī (Riz̤avī), dated 1257 AH / 1841-2 CE.

fol. 8b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in shikastah script.

fol. 9a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in shikastah script.

fol. 9b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script.

fol. 10a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and is signed by Mīr ʿAlī.

fol. 10b A flowering branch with a bird and butterfly Illustration This painting is attributable to the late Zand or early Qajar period (twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE).

fol. 11a Two birds sitting on a flowering branch Illustration This painting is attributable to the late Zand or early Qajar period (twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE).

fol. 11b Colored print Print This is a colored print of William Nassau.

fol. 12a Colored print Print This is a colored print of Ambroise Spinola, Marquis de Seste, Duc de Sanseuern…, by B. Moncornet.

fol. 12b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script.

fol. 13a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in nastaʿlīq script and is signed by Shāh Maḥmūd.

fol. 13b Man and animals in the shape of an elephant (composite animal) Stencil drawing

fol. 14a Man and animals in the shape of an elephant (composite animal) Stencil drawing

fol. 14b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in shikastah script and is signed by Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Navvāb Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī.

fol. 15a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in shikastah script and is signed by Muḥammad Ṣādiq, dated 1257 AH / 1841-2 CE.

fol. 15b A Mughal ruler enthroned Illustration This painting of a Mughal ruler enthroned dates to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE.

fol. 16a Portrait of a Mughal emperor Illustration

fol. 16b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in shikastah script and is signed by ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī, dated 1217 AH / 1802-3 CE.

fol. 17a Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in shikastah script and is inscribed Umm-i Aqā ʿAbd al-Ḥusayn.

fol. 17b Mughal official Illustration

fol. 18a Mughal man with shield, swords, and dagger Illustration

fol. 18b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in Nayrīzī-style naskh script and is signed in tawqīʿ script by Muḥammad Ṣādiq al-Riḍawī (Riz̤avī), dated Rab. I 1257 AH / 1841 CE.

fol. 19b Calligraphy page Calligraphy page This calligraphy page is written in taʿlīq script and is signed by Muḥammad Kāẓim al-Iṣfahānī, dated 1214 AH / 1799-1800 CE.

10th century AH / 16th CE -- 13th century AH / 19th CE

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

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