Walters Ms. W.581, Amplified poem in honor of the Prophet MuhammadTakhmīs al-burdahتخميس البردة<note type="title" xml:id="n242.058075">Alternative title: Takhmīs al-kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah</note>Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmīناصر الدين محمد الفيوميal-Būṣīrī (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE)Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Būṣīrīشرف الدين محمد بن سعيد البوصيريscribeRiḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzīرضوان بن محمد التبريزيPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This manuscript is a copy of the poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (The poem of the mantle) by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE), with an amplification (takhmīs) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmī. The amplification and the text of the Qaṣīdat al-burdah were written in naskh and thuluth scripts respectively by Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzī in 767 AH / 1366 CE, probably for the Mawlawī (Mevlevi) Library in Konya, Turkey.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.581The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1a - 27aTakhmīs al-burdahتخميس البردة<note type="title" xml:id="n242.058130">Alternative title: Takhmīs al-kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah</note>قال الشيخ الامام ... سبب انشائ هذه القصيدة ...(takhmīs) ما بال قلبك لا ينفك ذا ألم...scribekatabahā al-faqīru ilá Allāhi al-ghanī /1/ Riḍwānu ibn Muḥammadin al-Tabrīzīyu fī /2/ Jumādá al-ākhir min sanati sabʿin wa-sittīna /3/ wa-sabʿimiʾatin ḥāmidan li-Llāh taʿālá /4/ ʿalá niʿamih al-sābighah wa-muṣalliyan /5/ ʿalá nabīyih Muḥammadin wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi musalliman /6/Gives the name of the scribe and the date of copying

Laid paper with chain lines grouped in twos

Foliation: i+27+i27.018.023.016.0

Outside the frame by a later hand

Framing lines in blue, gold, and blackAmplification text written in naskh script; text of poem written in thuluth script; colophon written in gold tawqī scriptIlluminated title page with patronage statement (fol. 1a); poetical composition in the form of a circular diagram in gold with black and red inscriptions (fol. 27b); framing lines in blue, gold, and blackBookbindingBookbindingThis brownish red leather Ottoman binding probably dates to the 10th century AH / 16th CE. The central lobed oval medallion has a stamped cloud and floral motif design with a gilt ground.Illuminated title page with authors' names and patronage statementTitle pageThis illuminated title page gives the title of the work, as well as the authors’ names. There is also a statement referring to the patronage of the manuscript, indicating that it was made for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizānah al-Karīmah al-‘Ālīyah al-Mawlawīyah).Colophon in gold tawqī‘ scriptColophonWhile the texts of this manuscript are written in thuluth and naskh scripts, the scribe used tawqī‘ script to write the colophon, as was common in the Islamic manuscript tradition.

The colophon is written in gold tawqī‘ script. The scribe signs himself as Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzī and indicates that the manuscript was copied in 767 AH / 1366 CE.

Poetical composition in the form of a circular diagramCircular diagramThe manuscript's final page contains a poetical composition in the form of a circular diagram in gold with black and red inscriptions. A later note in Ottoman Turkish concerning some points of jurisprudence (fiqh) surrounds the diagram.

Probably dates to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE; brownish-red leather (no flap); central lobed oval and pendants

Jumādá II 767 AH / 1366 CETurkeyMade for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizānah al-Karīmah al-ʿĀlīyah al-Mawlawīyah…) probably in Konya, Turkey (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksBrockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabische Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 1:312; S1:469.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid styleLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishArabicBookCalligraphyCodexColophonIlluminationIranIslamicManuscriptOrnamentTurkeyWalters Art MuseumLiterature -- Poetry