دیوان حافظ

Walters Ms. W.632, Collection of poems (divan)

Walters Ms. W.632, Collection of poems (divan)

Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ

ديوان حافظ

Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent. (author)

Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (author)

شمس الدين محمد حافظ الشيرازي (author)

This illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Ḥāfiẓ (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE) dates to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The manuscript begins with a double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a hunt, which is followed by an illuminated incipit page. The text is written in black nastaʿlīq script with gold and blue headings. There are five additional illustrations (fols. 50b, 76b, 99a, 124b, and 147b). The binding, which is not original to the codex, is covered with a gold-brocaded Safavid textile that dates to the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE or twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. For full description, see http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W632/description.html

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Five illustrations (fols. 50b, 76b, 99a, 124b, and 147b); double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a); illuminated incipit with headpiece (fol. 2b)

fol. 1b Double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a hunting scene Illustration; frontispiece

fol. 2a Double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a hunting scene Illustration; frontispiece

fol. 2b Incipit page with illuminated headpiece Incipit; headpiece

fol. 50b Reception with poet Illustration

fol. 76b Gathering with the recitation of poetry, music, and wine Illustration

fol. 99a Princely figure on horseback with a falcon Illustration

fol. 124b Battle scene Illustration

fol. 147b Hunting scene Illustration

10th century AH / 16th CE

Seal impression: Muḥammad Ḥabīb (fol. 2b); invocation: yā kabīkaj (fol. 1a)

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Persian

paper

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