Walters Ms. W.634, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظḤāfiẓ, 14th cent.Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ 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 copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). Written in Safavid Iran in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE in black nastaʿlīq script, the codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece that precedes a preface (dībāchah) (fols. 1b-2a). An illuminated headpiece (fol. 7b) inscribed fa-Llāh khayr ḥāfiẓan or "God is the best protector" (Sūrat Yūsuf, 12:64) introduces the initial verses of the Dīvān. There is an illuminated tailpiece inscribed with the work's final verses and a colophon with prayers for the prophet Muhammad and his family. The illumination of this manuscript exemplifies the Safavid style of the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The binding is not contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.634The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 199aDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظحليمى كه بلبل دستان سراى بخوش نوايى... الا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...Opening verses preceded by a preface (dībāchah)tammat al-kitāb bi-ʿawn al-malik al-Wahhāb wa-ṣallá Allāh /1/ ʿalá khayr khalqih Muḥammad wa-ālih ajmaʿīn /2/ al-ṭayyibīn al-ṭāhirīn wa-al-ḥamd li-Llāh /3/ Rabb al-ʿālamīn /4/ m (= tamma) /5/No date or name of scribe

Laid paper

Foliation: ii+200+i23.514.514.57.5

Written obliquely on versos

Framing lines in blue, red, gold, orange, and greenWritten in black nastaʿlīq scriptDouble-page illuminated frontispiece; illuminated headpiece and tailpiece; cloud-bands; wide frame; text interspersed with rectangular and triangular decorative panels with floral motifsDouble-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece in the Safavid style. It precedes the preface (dībāchah) of the Dīvān.Double-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece in the Safavid style, which has been torn. It precedes the preface (dībāchah) of the Dīvān.Incipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis incipit has an illuminated headpiece inscribed in white ink: fa-Llāh khayr ḥāfiẓan or "God is the best protector" (Sūrat Yūsuf, 12:64). The headpiece exemplifies the Safavid style of illumination. On this page and the facing page (fol. 8a) there is gold interlinear illumination with polychrome floral motifs. The headpiece introduces the initial verses of the Dīvān.Illuminated tailpiece and colophonTailpiece; colophonThis illuminated tailpiece contains the final verses of the Dīvān and a colophon with prayers for the prophet Muhammad and his family.

Modern black leather (no flap)

10th century AH / 16th CEIranWalters 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; Vol. 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 MuseumSufismLiterature -- Poetry