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Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece

Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492) (Author)

Baba Shah ibn Sultan 'Ali iIsfahani (Iranian) (Scribe)

999 AH/AD 1591 (Safavid)

ink and pigments on rose-tinted, laid paper
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.643 is an illuminated incipit page bearing a titlepiece inscribed Lavayih in white Tawqi' script. In the outer margin is inscribed the text of the second work, Lavami'.

Provenance

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Alllah Muhammad 'Ali, 1030 AH/AD 1620-1621 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Round seal in the center of fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 22 Jum. II 1105 AH/AD 1694 [mode of acquisition unknown] [a note on fol. 1a]; Mahmud, 1115 AH/AD 1703-1704 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Square seal with name Mahmud (partially erased) and an inscription with the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Shah Ghulami, Dhu al-Qa'dah 1127 AH/AD 1715 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Octagonal seal with name underneath an inscription giving the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Qavam (?), Daftar, 1301 AH/AD 1883-1884 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 2a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 8 7/8 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13.0 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.643.1B

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Parent Object

Three Short Sufi Works

Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492)