Illuminated Preface to the Fifth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.625 is the right side of a double-page illuminated preface, written in Persian, to the 5th book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi). The text is written in gold Tawqi script. The text area is framed by a border of gilt and polychrome decoration on a blue ground.

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

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters