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Illuminated Colophon to the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
According to this colophon written in Arabic from Walters manuscript W.625, the manuscript was completed in 865 AH/AD 1461 by Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib. It reads as follows: tamma al-kitabu al-Mathnawi al-ma'nawi al-mawlawi wa-al-hamd li-Llah ta'alá wa-husn tawfiqih /1/ wa-al-salh wa-al-salam wa-la-tahiyah wa-al-ikramu 'alá khayr khalqih Muhammad wa-alih wa-sahbih /2/ ajma'in al-tayyibin al-tahirin wa-sallama tasliman /3/ 'alá yad ad'af 'ibad Allah ta'alá /4/ wa-ahwajihim ilá 'afwih wa-ghufranih /5/ Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib 'afa Allah /6/ 'anhuma fi hijjah [sic] khams wa-sittin wa-thamanimi'ah /7/ Allahumma ighfir li-sahibih wa-li-katibih /8/ wa-li-qari'ih wa-li-jami' al-mu'minin /9/ wa-al-mu'minat /10/ m [=tamma] /11/.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (24.5 x 16 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.625.311A
