Collection of Poems (Divan)

Description Provenance Credit

Description Walters manuscript W.633 is an anonymous illuminated and illustrated 10th-century AH/AD 16th copy of the Collection of poems (divan) by Hafiz (flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th). Written in Nasta'liq script, this codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece and has three additional double-page illustrations.

Provenance Muhammad ibn Mustafá [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1a]; Muhammad Riza Javahid Zamuni (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 1a]; 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

Hafiz (Persian, flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th century) (Author)

Period

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

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper covered with dark brown leather with gold and marbled paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.633

Measurements

Folio H: 5 1/2 x W: 3 9/16 in. (14 x 9 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Collection of Poems (Divan)	Title
17th-18th century (?) (Safavid)	Period
W.633.binding	Accession

Double-page Illustration	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.633.171B	Accession
timurid	Tags

Colophon	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.633.217A	Accession

Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece with Titlepiece	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.633.2A	Accession