Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepieces

Description Provenance Credit

Description This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.619 bears 2 titles. In the main titlepiece is inscribed Kitab-i Gulistan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di, while Kitab-i Bustan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di appears in the triangular sidepiece.

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

Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292) (Author)
Muhammad ibn Ahmad `Assar Tabrizi (died 1382) (Scribe)

Period

980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on paper with margins of multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.619.4B

Measurements

H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (32.0 x 21.5 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View