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W.582.5B: Illuminated Page Introducing the Beginning of the Poem

Author: Sharaf al-Din Muhammad al-Busiri (1213 (?)-1294)

Scribe: Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khuwarizmi

Date (Period): 11th century AH/AD 17th century

Medium: ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins decorated with floral and geometrical designs, the latter in the form of stamp-like pendants

Measurements: H: 9 13/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25 x 16.5 cm)

Description

The poem begins on this illuminated page from Walters manuscript W.582. The central panel is framed by decorated margins and a domed headpiece. The text itself is divided into four panels executed in Naskh (black) and Thuluth (gold and blue) scripts.

Additional Information

Text Title: Qasidat al-Burdah

Alternate: The Poem of the Mantle

Title: Leaf from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters

Accession Number: W.582.5B

Location within Museum: Not on view

Format: incipit page

Language: Arabic

Culture: Islamic

Place of Origin: Iran

Provenance

[Two erased large seals on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.