Description
Walters manuscript W.632 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the Collection of poems (divan) by Hafiz (flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th). The manuscript dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. It begins with a double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a hunt, which is followed by an illuminated incipit page. The text is written in black Nasta'liq script with gold and blue headings. There are five additional illustrations (fols. 50b, 76b, 99a, 124b, and 147b). The binding, which is not original to the codex, is covered with a gold-brocaded Safavid textile that dates to the 11th century AH/AD 17th or 12th century AH/AD 18th.
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