Walters Ms. W.582, Poem in honor of the Prophet MuhammadQaṣīdat al-burdahقصيدة البردة<note type="title" xml:id="n217.058692">Also known as al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah; text of the poem begins on fol. 5b</note>al-Būṣīrī (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE)Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Būṣīrīشرف الدين محمد بن سعيد البوصيريscribeḤabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad al-Khuwārizmīحبيب الله بن دوست محمد الخوارزميPrincipal 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 is an illuminated copy of the famous poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, popularly known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (Poem of the mantle), composed by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE). The text was written in a variety of scripts in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. According to the colophon, written in riqāʿ script, it was executed by Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad al-Khwārizmī. The text of the poem begins on fol. 5b. Each page has borders of various colors with illuminated floral and geometric motifs. The borders and brown leather binding date to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.582The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 23bQaṣīdat al-burdahقصيدة البردة<note type="title" xml:id="n217.058745">Also known as al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah; text of the poem begins on fol. 5b</note>قال الشيخ الامام ... سبب انشائ هذه القصيدة ...scribemashaqahu al-ʿabd al-mudhnib /1/ al-rājī ilá raḥmat rabbih al-ghanī /2/ Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad /3/ al-Khwārizmī ghafara dhunūbahumā /4/ wa-satara ʿuyūbahumā bi-ḥurmat al-nabī /5/ wa-<ā>lih wa-ṣaḥbih wa-sallama h (= intahá) /6/Written in riqāʿ script giving the name of the scribe as Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad al-Khwārizmī

Cream glazed paper for main panels; multi-colored paper for inlaid margins

Foliation: ii+23+ii25.516.513.06.5

Written on versos

Text laid out in five panels inscribed in different scripts and in red, blue, black, and goldWritten in polychrome vocalized text using the following scripts: thuluth, naskh, and muḥaqqaq for the main text, riqāʿ for the colophonMargins decorated with floral and geometrical designs, the latter in the form of stamp-like pendantsBindingBindingThis dark brown leather binding has a narrow central panel with oval and pendants, as well as triangular cornerpieces. They are decorated with floral motifs and cloud scrolls.Incipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpieceThe codex opens with this decorated incipit page with an illuminated rectangular headpiece. The page has five inner panels of text executed in the following scripts: muḥaqqaq (gold), naskh (black), and thuluth (blue).Incipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipitThe poem begins on this illuminated page. The central panel is framed by decorated margins and a domed headpiece. The text itself is divided into four panels executed in naskh (black) and thuluth (gold and blue) scripts.Illuminated explicit page with colophonExplicit; colophonThis is the final illuminated page in the codex. The last panel contains the colophon, written in riqāʿ script, giving the name of the scribe as Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad al-Khwārizmī.

Probably dates to the later twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE, contemporary with the inlaid margins; red goatskin (with flap); central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces; doublures of black leather with central lobed oval and pendants brushed with gold

11th century AH / 17th CEIran (or Turkey?)Two erased large seals (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksBrockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 1: 308; S1: 467.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 -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiDewey Decimal ClassificationAbridged Edition 14EnglishArabicBookCalligraphyCodexColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIranIslamicManuscriptOrnamentPrayerTurkeyWalters Art MuseumLiterature -- Poetry297