Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.606 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece for the 1st poem of the Khamsah, Makhzan al-asrar. The upper and lower panels have an inscription in Persian containing the name of the author.

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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Creators

Muhammad Musá al-Mudhahhib (Scribe)
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)

Period

923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.606.2B

Measurements

H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
n.d.	Period
W.606.binding	Accession

The Paradise of Shaddad Palace Discovered by Alexander the Great	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.350A	Accession
ahmed	Tags

Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.1B	Accession
harp	Tags

Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606	Accession
india, khamsa, mughal	Tags

Alexander the Great and His Men Watch Naked Girls Swim in the Sea of China	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.354B	Accession

Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.320B	Accession

Alexander the Great Lassos a Russian Warrior	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.309A	Accession

Alexander the Great Fights the Army of the King of China	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.297A	Accession

Alexander the Great Admires His Portrait Made by Nushabah	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.278B	Accession

Alexander the Great Laments the Death of Darius	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.265B	Accession

Alexander the Great Fights the Ethiopians	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.252A	Accession

Bahram Gur Questions a Shepherd who Hung his Dog on a Tree	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.227B	Accession

Bahram Gur in Sandalwood Pavilion	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.217A	Accession

Farhad Carries Shirin on Her Horse	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.75B	Accession

Khusraw Kills a Lion Outside Shirin's Tent	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.56A	Accession

Bahram Gur in the Blue Pavilion	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.211A	Accession

Bahram Gur in the Yellow Pavilion	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.201A	Accession

Bahram Gur Kills a Wild Ass While Fitnah Plays the Harp	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.188A	Accession

Bahram Gur Kills a Dragon	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.181A	Accession

Laylá and Majun Faint at the Sight of Each Other	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.161A	Accession

Nawfal and His Men Fight Laylá's Tribe	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.133B	Accession

Death of Shirin	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.106A	Accession

Khusraw and Shirin in Their Bridal Chamber	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.100A	Accession

Khusraw Fights Against Bahram Chubinah	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.61B	Accession

Khusraw Watching Shirin Bathing	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.48A	Accession

Anushirvan, his Vizier Dastur, and the Owls	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.15A	Accession

Majnun and His Father Visit the Mosque in Mecca	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.126B	Accession

Leaf from Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518	Period
W.606.127A	Accession