Nushirvan and his Prime Minster Dastur

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.607 contains an illustration. Riding through a ruined village, the Sasanian Nushirvan and his prime minster Dastur see two owls talking.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Yadkar al-Katib (Scribe)
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)

Period

Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.607.15A

Measurements

H: 11 13/16 x W: 7 1/16 in. (30 x 18 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529 (Safavid)	Period
W.607.33B	Accession

Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529 (Safavid)	Period
W.607.119B	Accession

Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529 (Safavid)	Period
W.607.180B	Accession

Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529 (Safavid)	Period
W.607.261B	Accession

Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
12th century AH/AD 18th century (Zand)	Period
W.607.binding	Accession