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Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

al-Busiri (Egyptian, died 694 AH/AD 1294) (Author)

Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khuwarizmi (Scribe)

11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century

ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins covered with red goatskin with gold with black leather doublures
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)

Walters manuscript W.582 is an illuminated copy of the famous poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, popularly known as Qasidat al-burdah (Poem of the mantle), composed by Sharaf al-Din Muhammad al-Busiri (died 694 AH/AD 1294). The text was written in a variety of scripts in the 11th century AH/AD 17th. According to the colophon, written in Riqa' script, it was executed by Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi. The text of the poem begins on fol. 5b. Each page has borders of various colors with illuminated floral and geometric motifs. The borders and brown leather binding date to the 12th century AH/AD 18th.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

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

Exhibitions

2012	Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2010	Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1997-1998	Covered in Meaning: Book Bindings from The Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.