Walters Ms. W.615, One hundred sayingsṢad kalimah-i Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿAlīصد كلمه امير المؤمنين علي<note type="title" xml:id="n220.126077">The title is inscribed in the illuminated titlepiece on fol. 1b. The Arabic text begins: law kushifa al-ghiṭāʾ mā azdadtu yaqīnan.</note>ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, ca. 600-661ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālibعلي بن ابي طالبAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 40 AH / 661 CERashīd al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Balkhī al-Vaṭvāṭ (Waṭwāṭ)Rashīd al-Dīn al-Vaṭvāṭ (d. ca. 578 AH / 1182 CE)رشيد الدين محمد البلخي الوطواطAuthor name supplied by catalogerPrincipal 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 illuminated copy of One hundred sayings, referred to as Mi’at kalimah in Arabic and Ṣad kalimah in Persian and attributed to the fourth caliph of Islam, ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40 AH / 661 CE), contains a Persian paraphrase (dubayt) by Rashīd al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Balkhī, known as al-Vaṭvāṭ (Waṭwāṭ) (d. ca. 578 AH / 1182 CE). The manuscript was completed in Iran sometime in the ninth century AH / fifteenth CE. The sayings of `Ali in Arabic are written in blue muḥaqqaq and gold thuluth scripts, and the Persian verses are written in black naskh scripts. The codex opens with an illuminated titlepiece inscribed in white tawqī script (fol. 1b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central lobed medallion and pendants and doublures with filigree decoration may date to the ninth or tenth century AH / fifteenth or sixteenth CE.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.615The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic. The secondary language of this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 18aṢad kalimah-i Amīr al-Muʾminīn ʿAlīصد كلمه امير المؤمنين علي<note type="title" xml:id="n220.126132">The title is inscribed in the illuminated titlepiece on fol. 1b. The Arabic text begins: law kushifa al-ghiṭāʾ mā azdadtu yaqīnan.</note>بهترين كلام دانى جنيست * ...

Cream laid paper; gold-flecked

Foliation: i+18+i21.014.513.59.5Flyleaf at end of codex a stub

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Framing lines in gold, black, and blue; Arabic and Persian texts arranged in alternating rectangular panels; Persian verses divided into two columnsSayings of `Ali in Arabic written in blue muḥaqqaq and gold thuluth scripts; Persian verses written in black naskh script; title of work written in white tawqī script (fol. 1b); all scripts vocalizedIlluminated titlepiece with polychrome floral decoration in rectangular pieces (fol. 1b); framing lines in gold, black, and blue; gold-flecked paper; polychrome floral motifs flanking Persian versesIlluminated incipit page with titlepieceIncipit; titlepieceThis opening decorated page has an illuminated headpiece with the title of the work in tawqī script executed in white ink on a gold background. The text begins with the doxological formula (basmalah) in black muḥaqqaq script outlined in gold, followed by two Persian verses in black naskh script. Following is an Arabic line written in gold thuluth script outlined in black. The Arabic text is again followed by two Persian verses inscribed in black naskh.

May date to the ninth or tenth century AH / fifteenth or sixteenth CE; dark brown goatskin (with flap); central lobed oval and pendants brushed with gold; red leather doublures with filigree decoration and central lobed oval; half-oval for flap

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