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Poetical Composition in the Form of a Circular Diagram
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
The final page of Walters manuscript W.581 contains a poetical composition in the form of a circular diagram in gold with black and red inscriptions. A later note in Ottoman Turkish concerning some points of jurisprudence (fiqh) surrounds the diagram.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library, Konya, Turkey (?), 767 AH/AD 1366 [mode of acquisition unknown] [bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-'Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah… (fol.1a)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 5/8 x W: 7 1/16 in. (27 x 18 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.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.581.27B
