Colophon

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.605 contains the 4th of 5 colophons in Arabic giving the names of the scribe, illuminator, and bookbinder. This colophon is written in gold Tawqi' script below the frame, and reads: katabahu wa-tazayyanahu wa-tajalladahu 'alá yad al-faqir al-haqir Jamal al-Din Muhammad ak-Siddiqi al-Isfahani.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transliteration] katabahu wa-tazayyanahu wa-tajalladahu 'alá yad al-faqīr al-haqīr Jamāl al-Dīn Muhammad ak-Siddīqī al-Isfahānī

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.605.314A

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

Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)	Title
12th century AH/AD 18th century (?)	Period
W.605.binding	Accession