کلیات سعدی

Walters Ms. W.616, Collected works (Kulliyat)

Walters Ms. W.616, Collected works (Kulliyat)

Kullīyāt-i Saʿdī

كليات سعدي

Saʿdī (author)

Musharrif al-Dīn ibn Muṣliḥ Saʿdī Shīrāzī (author)

مشرف الدين بن مصلح سعدي شيرازي (author)

This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collected works (Kullīyāt) of Saʿdī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). The text, which was completed on 10 Jumādá II 926 AH / 1520 CE, is written in nastaʿlīq script in black, with incidentals in gold and blue. The codex originally opened with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), although fol. 1b was replaced at some point in the manuscript's history. There are thirteen paintings illustrating the text, and illuminated incipit pages introduce the beginning of each individual work. The gold-brushed brown leather binding with floral and vine decoration seems to be contemporary with, although not original to, the manuscript. For full description, see http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W616/description.html

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

Thirteen illustrations; double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a, original fol. 1b now missing); illuminated titlepieces; framing lines in black and gold

fol. 1b Double-page illuminated frontispiece Frontispiece This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece (the original now lost).

fol. 2a Double-page illuminated frontispiece Frontispiece This is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece.

fol. 40b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i Gulistān.

fol. 46b Battle scene Illustration

fol. 58b A king and a dervish Illustration

fol. 83a A boy shoots an arrow through a ring Illustration This image illustrates that sometimes children do by chance the things that adults cannot do despite all their wisdom and experience. The story describes how a Persian king puts a ring on a pole, asking his subjects to shoot through its center. Each of his 400 men fail, while a boy shoots an arrow directly through it.

fol. 93b A drunk judge discovered sleeping with a boy Illustration

fol. 116b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i Saʿdīnāmah (Būstān).

fol. 125a A vizier accused of treachery by another vizier Illustration

fol. 136b An honest peasant being spared from execution by a tyrant king Illustration

fol. 165a A prince of Ganjah with his drinking companions Illustration

fol. 203b Zulaykhā kissing Joseph's feet Illustration This illustration depicts Zulaykhā kissing Joseph’s (Yūsuf's) feet.

fol. 207b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Qaṣāʾid-i Fārsī.

fol. 233b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i Marās̱ī.

fol. 237b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i qaṣāʾid-i ʿArabī.

fol. 241a Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i tarjīʿāt.

fol. 246b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i ṭayyibāt.

fol. 250a Joseph at Zulaykhā’s party Illustration This illustration depicts Joseph (Yūsuf) at Zulaykhā’s party.

fol. 285a Laylā and Majnūn faint at the sight of each other Illustration

fol. 315a Joseph being sold into slavery Illustration This illustration depicts Joseph (Yūsuf) being sold into slavery.

fol. 339b Incipit page with illuminated titlepiece Incipit; titlepiece This incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i bādāyiʿ.

fol. 358b Shīrīn paying a visit to Farhād Illustration

fol. 386a Khusraw before Shīrīn's gate Illustration

10 Jumādá II 926 AH / 1520 CE

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Persian

Arabic

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1520

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