Walters Ms. W.629, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظḤāfiẓ, 14th cent.Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzīشمس الدين محمد حافظ الشيرازيAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: fl. 8th century AH / 14th 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 manuscript is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). The text was written in nastaʿlīq script in black ink on buff and rose-tinted laid paper in Shawwāl 958 AH / 1552 CE. The codex contains four illustrations (fols. 41a, 95b, 147a, and 179b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central medallion and pendants panel-stamped in relief is original to the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.629The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 200aDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظالا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...tammat [sic] al-kitāb bi ʿawn Allāh al-malik al-wahhāb wa-ḥusn tawfīqih wa /1/ al-ṣal<ā>h wa-al-salām ʿalá Muḥammad wa ālih ajmaʿīn wa-sallama taslīman /2/ dāyiman abadan kathīran fī ta<ʾ>rīkh shahr /3/ Shawwāl sanat tisʿ wa-khamsīn /4/ wa-tisʿimi<ʾ>ah al-hijrīyah /5/ al-muṣṭafawīyah /6/ tamma /7/In Arabic; gives date of copying

Buff and rose-tinted laid paper

Foliation: i+200+i20.512.012.57.0Foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals beginning with the first double-page opening

Written obliquely on versos

Framing lines in gold, black, and blueWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black inkFour illustrations (fols. 41a, 95b, 147a, and 179b); illuminated incipit with headpiece (fol. 1b); interlinear illumination (fols. 1b-2a)Illuminated incipit page with headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis page has an illuminated headpiece inscribed wa-Llah khayr hāfiz. The main text is decorated with interlinear illumination with polychrome motifs. The vertical divider is illuminated with floral motifs on a blue ground. The headpiece and written surface are surrounded by a dark blue band with white crosses and an illuminated frame.The huntIllustrationSufis dancingIllustrationPolo gameIllustrationYouth and pir in a gardenIllustration

Dark brown goatskin (with flap); central medallion and pendants panel-stamped in relief

Shawwāl 958 AH / 1552 CEIranMuṣṭafá Pāshā Vālī-i Iskandarīyah, 1231 (fol. 1a)Ḥasan Ḥaqqī, 1285 (fol. 1a)Ḥasan Ḥaqqī Vālī-i Salānīk, 1303 (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksGacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 39.Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 244, 270-4, 318; 2: 326-8.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 -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexIlluminationIllustrationIranIslamicOrnamentPaintingPersianSafavidWalters Art MuseumFortune-tellingLiterature -- PoetryOriginal Binding