Walters Ms. W.628, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظḤāfiẓ, 14th cent.Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzīشمس الدين محمد حافظ الشيرازىAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: fl. 8th century AH / 14th CEscribeZayn al-ʿĀbidīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmīزين العابدين عبد الرحمان الجاميPrincipal 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 manuscript copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). It was written in black nasta‘līq script with chapter/section headings in gold ink by Zayn al-‘Ābidīn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī in 918 AH / 1512 CE in Safavid Iran. The manuscript opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a). The text begins with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 2b). There are three additional illustrations (fols. 24a, 49b, and 87a). The red leather binding, which is not original and may be attributed to late twelfth-century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth-century AH / nineteenth CE Turkey, has a scalloped medallion with gold-tooled decoration and borders.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.628The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 156bDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظالا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...scribetamma al-kitāb bi-ʿawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb ʿalá yad al-ʿabd al-faqīr /1/ Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jāmī tāba Allāh ʿalayhi wa-ghafara lahu /2/ wa-liwālidayhi fī Shaʿbān al-muʿaẓẓam al-muṭanazzim /3/ fī shuhūr sanat thamān ʿashar /4/ wa-tisʿimi<ʾ>ah hijriyah /5/ m (= tamma) /6/In Arabic; gives name of scribe and date of copying

Brown laid paper, probably Persian

Foliation: ii+156+ii21.513.515.57.5Earlier foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals, often trimmed

Written on versos, often trimmed

Framing lines in blue, gold, green, and blackWritten in black nastaʿlīq scriptThree illustrations (fols. 24a, 49b, and 87b); double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a); illuminated medallion (fol. 1a); incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 3b); chapter/section headings in gold ink on floral polychrome ground; framing lines in blue, gold, green, and blackIlluminated frontispiece with medallionFrontispieceThis frontispiece is decorated with a round illuminated medallion (shamsah), decorated in blue, red, and gold designs.Double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a court sceneIllustration; frontispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece showing a pavilion reception between a princely figure, a female companion, and attendants. The inscription running along the top is a Persian couplet. There has been some damage and repainting to this illustration.Double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a court sceneIllustration; frontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece, showing a falconer and four other attendants waiting in an outside courtyard.Incipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpieceOutdoor receptionIllustrationThis illustration depicts an outdoor gathering (majlis), with figures engaged in playing music and drinking. One is so inebriated he is being held upright.Sufis performing samaIllustrationThis illustration shows Sufis participating in musical ceremonies, known as sama (hearing or listening).Lovers by a streamIllustrationA couple sits near a brook in the company of ladies of the court. The couplet above refers to love and longing.

Attributable to late twelfth-century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth-century AH / nineteenth CE Turkey; red leather with scalloped medallion; gold-tooled decoration and borders

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