Walters Ms. W.633, 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 anonymous illuminated and illustrated tenth-century AH / sixteenth CE copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Ḥāfiẓ (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). Written in nastaʿlīq script, this codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece and has three additional double-page illustrations.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.633The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 217aDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظالا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...tamma al-kitāb bi-ʿawn Allāh wa-ḥusn tawfīqih /1/ wa-al-ṣalāh wa-al-salām ʿalá khayr /2/ khalqih Muḥammad wa-ālih /3/ ajmaʿīn /4/In Arabic; no name of scribe or date of copying

Laid paper

Foliation: iii+217+ii14.09.09.04.5

Written obliquely on versos

Text surrounded by a frameWritten in black nastaʿlīq scriptThree double-page illustrations (fols. 39b-40a, 88b-89a, and 171b-172a; double-page illuminated frontispiece with oval medallions enclosing the title of the work and the first four couplets (fols. 1b-2a); small rectangular or triangular pieces with floral designs on the sides of selected verses; frameDouble-page illuminated frontispiece with titlepieceFrontispiece; titlepieceThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. It has the title of the work and the first four couplets inscribed in white nastaʿlīq script in the central oval medallion.Double-page illuminated frontispiece with titlepieceFrontispiece, titlepieceThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. It has the title of the work and the first four couplets inscribed in white nastaʿlīq script in the central oval medallion.Double-page illustrationIllustrationDouble-page illustrationIllustrationThis is the right side of a double-page illustration, depicting a mosque scene with a preacher and its congregation (both men and women).Double-page illustrationIllustrationThis is the right side of a double-page illustration, depicting a tavern scene (perhaps in Shiraz) with jars of wine and musicians.

Dark brown leather (with flap); central lobed medallion with pendants and cornerpieces brushed with gold; endleaves of marbled paper; gilt edges

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