Walters Ms. W.617, Collected works (Kulliyat)Kullīyāt-i Saʿdīكليات سعدى<note type="title" xml:id="n271.130471">Title appears on fol. 1b, fol. 4a, and on tail edge of codex</note>SaʿdīMusharrif al-Dīn ibn Muṣliḥ Saʿdī Shīrāzīمشرف الدين بن مصلح سعدى شيرازىAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 691 AH / 1292 CE); author name given in an illuminated headpiece on fol. 3b reads Muṣliḥ-i Dīn Shaykh SaʿdīPrincipal 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 and illustrated Safavid copy of the collected works (Kullīyāt-i Saʿdī) of Sa`di (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE) contains, among other works, the Gulistān and the Bustān. It was written in black nastaʿlīq script and, according to the Arabic colophon, was completed in Shiraz (Iran) on the 1st Rabīʿ I 934 AH / 1527 CE. The poet's name, given as Muṣliḥ-i Dīn Shaykh Saʿdī, is inscribed in the illuminated headpiece on fol. 3b. The codex opens with two illuminated medallions inscribed with the book's contents (fols. 1b-2a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a). The text begins with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a). There are ten illustrations in total. The binding is not original to the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.617The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 3b - 406aKullīyāt-i Saʿdīكليات سعدى<note type="title" xml:id="n271.130522">Title appears on fol. 1b, fol. 4a, and on tail edge of codex</note>شكر وسݒاس معبودى را جلت قدرته ...Contains Shish risālāt (fols. 5b-32a); Kitāb-i Gulistān (fols. 32b-95a); Kitāb-i Bustān (fols. 95b-176b); Qaṣāyid-i ʿArabī (fols. 177a-183b); Qaṣāyid-i Fārsī (fols. 184a-208b); Kitāb-i marās̱ī (fols. 208b-212b); Kitāb-i mulammaʿāt (fols. 212b-216b); Kitāb-i tarjīʿāt (fols. 216b-222a); Kitāb-i ṭayyibāt (fols. 222b-306a); Kitāb-i badāyiʿ (fols. 306b-342b); Kitāb-i khavātīm (fols. 342b-353b); Kitāb-i ghazaliyāt-i qadīm (fols. 353b-361a); Kitāb-i ṣāḥibīyah (fols. 361b-378b); Kitāb-i muqaṭṭaʿāt (fols. 378b-381a); Kitāb-i rubāʿīyāt (fols. 381a-387b); Kitāb-i mufradāt (fols. 387b-390a); Kitāb-i khabīs̱āt (fols. 390b-399a); al-Majlis al-awwal min al-hazl (fols. 399a-401b); al-Majlis al-thānī min al-hazl (fols. 401b-403a); al-Majlis al-thālith min al-hazl (fols. 403a-405a); and Kitāb-i muz̤ḥikāt (fols. 405a-406a)qad waqaʿa al-farāgh min taḥrīrih wa- /1/ tasṭīrih b-ʿawn Allāh al-malik /2/ al-ʿazīz al-ʿalīm wa-ḥusn tawfīqih /3/ fī yawm al-thulathā ghurrat Rabīʿ al-awwal /4/ sanat arbaʿ wa-thalathīn wa-tisʿimi<ʾ>ah al-hijrīyah /5/ al-nabawīyah al-muṣṭafawīyah ḥāmidan li-Llāh wa-muṣalliyan /6 / wa-musalliman ʿalá Sayyid al-ʿālimīn wa-qablahu /7/ al-ʿāshiqīn wa-al-ʿārifīn Muḥammad al-muṣṭafá /8/ al-amīn wa-ālih wa-aḥibbāʾih wa-atbāʿih ajmaʿīn /9/ al-ṭayyibīn al-ṭāhirīn fī al-buqʿah /10/ al-rafīʿah al-rūzbiḥānīyah qaddasa /11/ sirr sākinihā min aʿālī biqāʿ al-Shīrāz ḥarasahu Allāh min jamīʿ al-āfāt /12/ wa-al-ʿāhāt wa-al-balīyāt /13/Written in Arabic in red nastaʿlīq script, giving the place and date of copying

Cream-colored laid paper

Foliation: i+40625.015.517.09.5

Written obliquely on versos

One text column written horizontally, one written obliquelyWritten in nastaʿlīq script, mainly in black but also in gold, blue, and red inkTen illustrations; two illuminated medallions with table of contents (fihrist-i kullīyāt) inscribed in compartments (fols. 1b-2a); double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a); double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a); titlepieces for individual works inscribed with titles in white ink on a gold backgroundIlluminated medallion with table of contentsMedallion; frontispieceThis is one of two facing illuminated medallions with the manuscript's table of contents inscribed in compartments.Illuminated medallion with table of contentsMedallion; frontispieceThis is one of two facing illuminated medallions with the manuscript's table of contents inscribed in compartments.Princely entertainment in a palaceIllustration; frontispieceThe is the right side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece. A couple is entertained by a dancer and musicians.Courtiers in a gardenIllustration; frontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece.Illuminated frontispiece with verses in honor of SaʿdīFrontispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with verses in honor of Saʿdī inscribed in the upper and lower panels.Illuminated frontispiece with verses in honor of SaʿdīFrontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with verses in honor of Saʿdī inscribed in the upper and lower panels.Illuminated incipit of Kitāb-i GulistānKitāb-i GulistānIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Kitāb-i Gulistān in white ink on a gold ground.Saʿdī in Kāshghar meets a studentIllustrationSaʿdī in Kāshghar meets a youth who takes Arabic lessons from a teacher.Illuminated incipit of Kitāb-i BustānKitāb-i BustānIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Kitāb-i Bustān in white ink on a gold ground.Jesus and his disciples are met by two men who ask for forgivenessIllustrationJoseph and ZulaykhaIllustrationIlluminated incipit of Qaṣāyid-i ʿArabīQaṣāyid-i ʿArabīIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Qaṣāyid-i ʿArabī in white ink on a gold ground.Illuminated incipit of Qaṣāyid-i FārsīQaṣāyid-i FārsīIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Qaṣāyid-i Fārsī in white ink on a gold ground.Entertainment in a gardenIllustrationIlluminated incipit of Kitāb-i ṭayyibātKitāb-i ṭayyibātIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Kitāb-i ṭayyibāt in white ink on a gold ground.Entertainment in a gardenIllustrationA cupbearer, referred to in the text, pours wine for the others.The two poets Saʿdī and Jalāl al-Dīn RūmīIllustrationSaʿdī meets Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, who is dancing in mystical observance.Illuminated incipit of Kitāb-i badāyiʿKitāb-i badāyiʿIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Kitāb-i badāyiʿ in white ink on a gold ground.Couple in a garden being served wineIllustrationSaʿdī in a landscapeIllustrationSaʿdī sits in a garden and is served melon.Illuminated incipit of Kitāb-i khabisātKitāb-i khabisātIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit has a titlepiece inscribed Kitāb-i khabisāt in white ink on a gold ground.

Brown leather (without flap) decorated with a simple panel frame

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