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

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.625 is the left side of a double-page illuminated preface, written in Persian, to the 6th 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.625.257A

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 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

Explicit of the Second Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
865 AH/AD 1461	Period
W.625.95A	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