Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.607 has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the second poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shirin.

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

934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529 (Safavid)

Medium

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

Accession Number

W.607.33B

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

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Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)	Period
W.607.15A	Accession

An Old Woman Implores Sultan Sanjar for Help	Title
Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)	Period
W.607.17A	Accession

An Old Man Brought Before a Tyrant	Title
Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)	Period
W.607.26A	Accession

An Old Woman Speaking with a Confidant of King Jamshid	Title
Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)	Period
W.607.29B	Accession

Abu Ja'far Muhammad Atabak Enthroned	Title
Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)	Period
W.607.37A	Accession