Walters Ms. W.630, 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 CEscribeʿAlī Qulī ibn Qadr ibn Nūr[...] Barrāk [?]علي قلي بن قدر بن نور[...] براك [?]Principal 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 copy of the collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). The manuscript is written in black nastaʿlīq script by ʿAlī Qulī Barrāk (?) and dated Shaʿbān 966 AH / 1559 CE. The text opens with an illuminated incipit with titlepiece inscribed: Dīvān-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī ʿalayhi al-raḥmah (fol. 1b). The text of the incipit and the facing page (fols. 1b-2a) has gilt interlinear decoration. The dark brown leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, is panel-stamped in relief with a central lobed medallion with pendants and an allover floral and vine decoration. The doublures of red-brown leather have a central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces in leather filigree on a blue ground.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.630The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 187aDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظالا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...scribetammat al-kitāb bi-ʿawn Allāh al-Malik al-Wahhāb dar tarīkh 18 /1/ shahr Shaʿbān al-Muʿaẓẓzam sanah 966 ʿalá yad al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr aḍʿaf /2/ ʿibād [A]llāh ilá raḥmat Allāh ʿAlī Qulī bn Qadr bn Nūr[...] Barrāk [?] /3/ gharīq-i raḥmat-i kasī bād kih kātib rā bih al-ḥamdī kunad yād /4/ tammat /5/ alif [=Allāh] mīm [=Muḥammad] /6/ ʿayn [=ʿAlī] /7/In Arabic and Persian; gives name of scribe and date of copying

Cream-colored laid paper

Foliation: i+18926.015.514.57.5Last folio a flyleaf; text ends on fol. 187a

Written obliquely on versos

Framing lines in blue, gold, and blackWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black inkIncipit with illuminated titlepiece and interlinear gilt and polychrome floral decoration (fol. 1b); chapter headings in blue, red, and gold supplied at the beginning (up to fol. 7b); framing lines in blue, gold, and blackBindingBindingThis dark brown leather binding with flap is original to the manuscript, which is dated Shaʿbān 966 AH / 1559 CE. The decoration consists of a gold-brushed, panel-stamped central lobed medallion with pendants and an allover floral and vine decoration. There is a wide outer frame surrounded by narrow, gold-painted outer frames.DoublureDoublureThe doublures of this manuscript are red-brown leather decorated with a central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces in leather filigree on a blue ground.Incipit page with titlepieceIncipit; titlepieceThis incipit page is inscribed with the title of the work and the author's name: Dīvān-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī ʿalayhi al-raḥmah. The gilt medallion with inscription and blue and gilt ground is decorated with polychrome vine and floral motifs. The text area has interlinear gilt decoration, also with polychrome floral motifs. The framing lines are in blue, gold, and black.Text page with chapter headingText page; chapter headingThis text page of Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ has interlinear gilt decoration and a chapter heading in blue. The framing lines are in blue, gold, and black.

Dark brown leather (with flap) with gold-brushed central panel and frames panel-stamped in relief; central panel with lobed medallion and pendants and an allover floral and vine decoration; doublures of red-brown leather with a central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces in leather filigree on a blue ground

18 Shaʿbān 966 AH / 1559 CEIranErased bequest (waqf) seal and statement, probably of SultanʿUthmān Khān, signed by [Ibrāhīm] Ḥanīf, inspector of awqāf, and the shelfmarks 3815 and 3795 (crossed out) (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRichard, 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 -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCalligraphyCodexColophonIlluminationIranIslamicManuscriptPersianSafavidWalters Art MuseumFortune-tellingLiterature -- PoetryOriginal Binding