Colophon

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.619 contains a colophon in Arabic containing the name of the scribe and date of copying.

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

Inscriptions [Transliteration]

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)

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

W.619.154B

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

Two Works of Sa`di: The Rose Garden (Gulistan) and The Orchard (Bustan)	Title
980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)	Period
W.619	Accession

Double-page Iilluminated Frontispiece	Title
980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)	Period
W.619.2B	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepieces	Title
980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)	Period
W.619.4B	Accession

Binding from Two Works of Sa`di: The Rose Garden (Gulistan) and The Orchard (Bustan)	Title
980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)	Period
W.619.binding	Accession

Leaf from Two works of Sa`di: The Rose Garden (Gulistan) and The Orchard (Bustan)	Title
980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)	Period
W.619.10B	Accession