Explicit of the Second Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.625 is the illuminated final page of the 2nd book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi).

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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Creators

Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana (Persian, 1207-1273) (Author)
Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib (Scribe)

Period

865 AH/AD 1461

Medium

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

Accession Number

W.625.95A

Measurements

H: 9 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (24.5 x 16 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
13th century AH/AD 19th century (?)	Period
W.625.binding	Accession

Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625	Accession
w607297a	Tags

Illuminated Colophon to the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.311A	Accession

Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece Introducing the Sixth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.257B	Accession

Illuminated Preface to the Sixth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.257A	Accession

Illuminated Preface to the Fifth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.204A	Accession

Leaf from Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.203A	Accession

Incipit with Illuminated Titlepeice Introducing the Fourth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.156B	Accession

Illuminated Preface to the Third Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.96A	Accession

Finispiece of the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.51A	Accession

Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.3A	Accession

Illuminated Preface to the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.2A	Accession

Frontispiece with Illuminated Medallion	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.1A	Accession

Illuminated Preface to the Fourth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi).	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.156A	Accession

Illuminated Preface to the Second Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.52A	Accession