Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.621 has an illuminated titlepiece inscribed Kitab-i bustan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di in gold Tawqi' script.

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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Creator

Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292) (Author)

Period

10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on cream and pink-tinted laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.621.2B

Measurements

H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (27 x 16 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View