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W.582: Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Walters manuscript W.582 is a small illuminated codex containing the famous poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, popularly known as Qasidat al-Burdah ('The poem of the mantle'), composed by Sharaf al-Din Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 694 AH/AD 1294). This copy was executed in a variety of scripts, probably in Iran, by Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi in the 11th century AH/AD 17th.

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Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

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

Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khuwarizmi

11th century AH/AD 17th century

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 covered with red morocco with black leather and gilt doublures

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

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Walters manuscript W.582 is a small illuminated codex containing the famous poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, popularly known as Qasidat al-Burdah ('The poem of the mantle'), composed by Sharaf al-Din Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 694 AH/AD 1294). This copy was executed in a variety of scripts, probably in Iran, by Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi in the 11th century AH/AD 17th.
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Qasidat al-Burdah

al-Kawakib al-durriyah fi madh khayr al-bariyah

The Poem of the Mantle

Acquired by Henry Walters

W.582

Not on view

fols. 1b-23b: Qasidat al-Burdah
fol. 23a: colophon

23 fols. + 4 flyleaves (front i, ii, back i, ii); 25.0 x 16.5 cm (textblock: 13.0 x 6.5 cm); 1 column of 9 lines; catchwords in the lower left hand corners of b-pages; text laid out in five panels inscribed in different scripts and various colors (red, blue, black, and gold); richly decorated throughout in gold and colors.

Arabic

Islamic

Iran


Provenance

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

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