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Illuminated Explicit Page with Colophon

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
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)

This is the final illuminated page in the codex, Walters W.582. The last panel contains the colophon, written in Riqa' script, giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi.

Inscription

[Transliteration] mashaqahu al-'abd al-mudhnib/1/ al-rājī ilá rahmat rabbih al-ghanī /2/ Habīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muhammad /3/ al-Khwārizmī ghafara dhunūbahumā /4/ wa-satara 'uyūbahumā bi-hurmat al-nabī /5/ wa-<ā>lih wa-sahbih wa-sallama h (= intahá) /6/

Provenance

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

[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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Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin) Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.582.23A

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Parent Object

Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

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