Frontispiece with Illuminated Medallion

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.618 contains a frontispiece with an illuminated medallion.

Provenance 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]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creators

Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292) (Author)
'Abd Allah ibn Shaykh Murshid al-Katib (Scribe)

Period

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

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.618.2A

Measurements

H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Colophon	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.136A	Accession
persian, iran	Tags

A Boy Shoots an Arrow Through a Ring Placed on Top of a Dome and Claims It	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.70B	Accession
archery, persian, turbans, miniature, horse, farsi	Tags

Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.2B	Accession
harp, musicians	Tags

Collected Works (Kulliyat)	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618	Accession
oillups	Tags

Binding from Collected Works (Kulliyat)	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century	Period
W.618.binding	Accession

Sa'di and a Dervish Go to Settle their Quarrel Before a Judge	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.106B	Accession

Sa'di Surrenders his Arms to Two Indian Robbers	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.101A	Accession

A King Finds a Judge Inebriated	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.88A	Accession

A Supposedly Pious Man	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.49B	Accession

A Wrestling Match	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.31B	Accession

A Maid Dipped in the Sea as a Cure for her Fear of Water	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.18A	Accession

Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.618.4A	Accession