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W.582.23A: Illuminated Page with Colophon

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

This is the final illuminated page in Walters manuscript W.582. The last panel contains the colophon giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad. The colophon is written in Riqa‘ script, which is characterized by fluid and curvilinear lines. This script was commonly used for chancellery documents and for colophons.

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.582.23A

Location within Museum: Not on view

Format: explicit page

Inscription: [Transliteration]

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.