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Walters Ms. W.655, Anthology of Persian poetry

Walters Ms. W.655, Anthology of Persian poetry

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This is an illustrated collection of Persian poetry by such famous poets as Hāfiẓ, Saʿdī, Jāmī, and Ṣafā. It was executed in Qajar Iran in an oblong format in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. The text, which is incomplete at the beginning and at the end, is written in ploychrome shikastah script. Fifteen paintings illustrate the text. The goatskin binding is original to the manuscript. For full description, see http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W655/description.html

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Fifteen illustrations; framing lines in black, green, and red

fol. 8b Bahrām Gūr kills a gazelle before Fitnah Illustration

fol. 9b A holy man with a young girl Illustration

fol. 11b Majnūn with the wild animals Illustration

fol. 12b Shīrīn visits Farhād engaged in cutting rocks Illustration

fol. 13b Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing Illustration

fol. 14b A sleeping mother surrounded by her daughters (?) Illustration

fol. 16b A boy presents a flower Illustration

fol. 45a A woman with a cup of wine Illustration

fol. 49b A dervish with a bowl for alms Illustration

fol. 52b Majnūn with the wild animals Illustration

fol. 85b A youth offers a seal (?) to his teacher Illustration

fol. 97b Shīrīn admires the picture of Khusraw Illustration

fol. 100b Fitnah carries an ox on her shoulders as Bahrām Gūr watches Illustration

fol. 127b A teacher and pupils Illustration

Early 13th century AH / 19th CE

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Persian

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