Double-page Illuminated Incipit

Description Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.626 is the left side of a double-page illuminated incipit introducing the preface to the 1st book (daftar) of the Masnavi.

Provenance Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; 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

Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana (Persian, 1207-1273) (Author)

Period

1073 AH/AD 1663

Medium

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

Accession Number

W.626.2A

Measurements

H: 10 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (26.5 x 15 cm)

Geographies

Bharat (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
n.d.	Period
W.626.binding	Accession

The Husband of a Greedy Woman	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.255A	Accession
islam, muslim, rumi	Tags

Maidens Bathe a Princess who Inspects Herself in a Mirror	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.214A	Accession
nizami	Tags

A Woman Plays a Stringed Instrument in the Company of Tamed Animals and Birds	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.170A	Accession
creator	Tags

A Shoemaker and the Unfaithful Wife of a Sufi Surprised by her Husband’s Unexpected Return Home	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.163B	Accession
new	Tags

Collection of Poems (masnavi)	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626	Accession
1340, illustration	Tags

A Mouse and a Frog Near a Pond	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.289A	Accession

A Young Man and an Old Man	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.267A	Accession

Majnun in the Company of Animals in the Wilderness	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.266B	Accession

A Mosque Scene and the Question of the Length of Pubic Hair	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.253B	Accession

A Sick Lion, Inspired by a Clever Fox, Hunts a Donkey for its Brain to Cure his Disease	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.245A	Accession

Horses Return from Battle	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.242B	Accession

A Woodcutter’s Miserable Donkey who Envies the King’s Horses, Fed with Delicious Grain	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.242A	Accession

Iyaz Searches for Hidden Treasure	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.239A	Accession

A Maid, Who Used to Sleep with a Donkey, Pretends to Feed the Animal	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.230B	Accession

Thieves, Unhindered by Guards, Attack a Caravan While its Occupants Sleep	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.177A	Accession

A Man Questions a Preacher about the Meaning of the Direction a Rooster Faces While on the Roof	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.172A	Accession

King Solomon Hears the Complaint of an Ant who was Blown off the Wall and Got Wounded	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.156B	Accession

Townspeople, Who have Never Seen an Elephant, Examine its Appearance in the Dark	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.117B	Accession

An Unhappy Deer in the Company of Donkeys	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.224B	Accession

A Wise Man and a Peacock Plucking Out its Feathers Not to be Attractive to People	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.220B	Accession

A Hunting Scene	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.213B	Accession

Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.170B	Accession

A Scene Depicting Various Activities	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.161A	Accession

A Court Scene with Music, Dance, and Wine	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.160B	Accession

The Owner of a House and a Thief	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.136A	Accession

The King of the Elephants	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.135A	Accession

The Mothers of Students Visit a Sick Teacher	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.122A	Accession

Misbehaving Students and their Supposedly Sick Teacher	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.121B	Accession

A Snake Charmer and a Sleeping Dragon on his way to Baghdad	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.114A	Accession

Hebrew Mothers with their Babies in Front of the Pharaoh who Intends to Kill Them	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.113A	Accession

A Jackal in the Company of Other Animals and Birds	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.111A	Accession
animals	Tags

A Boastful Jackal	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.110A	Accession

Majnun Feeds a Dog in the Vicinity of Laylá’s House	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.108A	Accession

A Mother Elephant Crushes to Death the Men who Killed her Cub and Ate its Meat	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.103B	Accession

Two Naked Girls in a Pool Attended by Angels	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.101A	Accession

A Court Scene with Food and Music	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.100B	Accession
food	Tags

A Mouse, Clutching the Reins of a Camel, at a Stream of Water	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.94B	Accession
mouse, camel	Tags

A Drunkard and a Policeman	Title
1073 AH/AD 1663	Period
W.626.83A	Accession