Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.605 has an illuminated titlepiece inscribed with the title of the poem, Kitab-i Khusraw va Shirin, in gold ink.

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

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)
Abu Bakr Shah ibn Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Shahrastani (Scribe)
Jamal al-Din Muhammad al-Siddiqi al-Isfahani (Artist)

Period

892 AH/AD 1486-900 AH/AD 1494-1495 (Safavid)

Medium

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

Accession Number

W.605.211B

Measurements

H: 9 1/16 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23 x 16 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View