Walters Ms. W.616, Collected works (Kulliyat)Kullīyāt-i Saʿdīكليات سعديSaʿdīMusharrif al-Dīn ibn Muṣliḥ Saʿdī Shīrāzīمشرف الدين بن مصلح سعدي شيرازيAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 691 AH / 1292 CEPrincipal 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 and illustrated copy of the collected works (Kullīyāt) of Saʿdī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). The text, which was completed on 10 Jumādá II 926 AH / 1520 CE, is written in nastaʿlīq script in black, with incidentals in gold and blue. The codex originally opened with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), although fol. 1b was replaced at some point in the manuscript's history. There are thirteen paintings illustrating the text, and illuminated incipit pages introduce the beginning of each individual work. The gold-brushed brown leather binding with floral and vine decoration seems to be contemporary with, although not original to, the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.616The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 443aKullīyāt-i Saʿdīكليات سعديشكر وسپاس از حد فزون معبودى جلت قدرته...Contains introduction (seven risālahs, fols. 1b-40a), Gulistān (fols. 40b-116a), Saʿdīnāmah (Bustān) (fols. 116b-207a), Qaṣā’id-i Fārsī (fols. 207b-233a), Marās̱ī (fols. 233b-240a), Qaṣāʾid-i ʿArabi (in the margin, fols. 237b-241a), Tarjīʿāt (fols. 241a-246a), Ṭayyibāt (fols. 246b-339a), Badāyiʿ (fols. 339b-380b), Khavātīm (in the margin, fols. 380b-396b), Ghazalīyāt-i qadīm (fols. 396b-402a), Kitāb-i ṣāḥibīyah (fols. 402b-421b), Muqaṭṭaʿāt (in the margin, fols. 421b-423b), Khabīs̱āt (fols. 424a-432b), al-Majlis al-awwal fī al-hazl (in the margin, fols. 432b-434b), al-Majlis al-thānī fī al-hazl (fols. 435b-436b), al-Majlis al-thalith fī al-hazl (fols. 437a-438b), Kitāb-i maz̤āḥik (fol. 439a), Rubāʿīyāt (fols. 439b-441b), and Fardīyāt (fols. 442a-443a)tamma al-kitāb bi-ʿawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb /1/ fī ʿashr [sic] Jumādá al-Thāni sanat 926 /2/In Arabic, giving only the date of copying

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Foliation: ii+443+iii25.014.516.58.0

Written obliquely on versos

Outer column written diagonally; framing lines in black and goldWritten in black nastaʿlīq script in black, with some words in gold and blueThirteen illustrations; double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a, original fol. 1b now missing); illuminated titlepieces; framing lines in black and goldDouble-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece (the original now lost).Double-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceGulistānIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i Gulistān.Battle sceneGulistānIllustrationA king and a dervishGulistānIllustrationA boy shoots an arrow through a ringGulistānIllustrationThis image illustrates that sometimes children do by chance the things that adults cannot do despite all their wisdom and experience. The story describes how a Persian king puts a ring on a pole, asking his subjects to shoot through its center. Each of his 400 men fail, while a boy shoots an arrow directly through it.A drunk judge discovered sleeping with a boyGulistānIllustrationIncipit page with illuminated titlepieceSaʿdīnāmah (Būstān)Incipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i Saʿdīnāmah (Būstān).A vizier accused of treachery by another vizierSaʿdīnāmah (Būstān)IllustrationAn honest peasant being spared from execution by a tyrant kingSaʿdīnāmah (Būstān)IllustrationA prince of Ganjah with his drinking companionsSaʿdīnāmah (Būstān)IllustrationZulaykhā kissing Joseph's feetSaʿdīnāmah (Būstān)IllustrationThis illustration depicts Zulaykhā kissing Joseph’s (Yūsuf's) feet.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceQaṣāʾid-i FārsīIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Qaṣāʾid-i Fārsī.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceMarās̱īIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i Marās̱ī.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceQaṣāʾid-i ʿArabīIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i qaṣāʾid-i ʿArabī.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceTarjīʿātIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i tarjīʿāt.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceTayyibātIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i ṭayyibāt.Joseph at Zulaykhā’s partyTayyibātIllustrationThis illustration depicts Joseph (Yūsuf) at Zulaykhā’s party.Laylā and Majnūn faint at the sight of each otherTayyibātIllustrationJoseph being sold into slaveryTayyibātIllustrationThis illustration depicts Joseph (Yūsuf) being sold into slavery.Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceBādāyiʿIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page has an illuminated titlepiece with the inscription Kitāb-i bādāyiʿ.Shīrīn paying a visit to FarhādBādāyiʿIllustrationKhusraw before Shīrīn's gateKhavātīmIllustration

Dark brown leather (no flap); rich decoration in middle and side panels, brushed with gold; dentelle-style doublures on a blue background

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