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Collected Works (Kulliyat)
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
Walters manuscript W.618 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the collected works (Kulliyat) of Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292). It was written by 'Abd Allah ibn Shaykh Murshid al-Katib in the 10th century AH/AD 16th. The manuscript opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 2a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispeice (fols. 2b-3a) and a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a). The text is illustrated with 7 additional paintings (fols. 18a, 31b, 49b, 70b, 88a, 101a, and 106b). The brown leather binding is incorrectly bound with the flap appearing on the right side instead of the left.
Provenance
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Private collection, Tehran [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [list of books, by an anonymous owner, which were in his house in Tehran on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2024-2025 | If Books Could Kill. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
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.618
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