The Hanging of Mansur al-Hallaj

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.650 depicts the hanging of Mansur al-Hallaj.

Exhibitions

Mything Persons: Historic Figures in Legends of East and West. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)

ink and pigments on biscuit-colored laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

W.650.22B

H: 12 3/8 x W: 8 1/16 in. (31.5 x 20.5 cm)

Binding from Collection of Poems (Divan)	Title
13th century AH/AD 19th century	Period
W.650.binding	Accession

Leaf from Collection of Poems (Divan)	Title
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)	Period
W.650.186B	Accession

A Garden Scene with a Man (Probably the Poet Himself) Kissing the Prince's Feet	Title
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)	Period
W.650.113A	Accession

Majnun in the Wilderness Being Counseled by His Father to Abandon His Love for Laylá and Return Home	Title
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)	Period
W.650.15A	Accession

Double-page Illuminated Incipit	Title
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)	Period
W.650.2B	Accession

Portrait of the Scribe Mir 'Abd Allah Katib in the Company of a Youth Burnishing Paper	Title
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)	Period
W.650.187A	Accession

King Solomon Enthroned in the Company of Demons, Angels, Birds, and Animals	Title
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal)	Period
W.650.157A	Accession