Walters Ms. W.637, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظḤāfiẓ, 14th cent.Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ al-Shīrāzīشمس الدين محمد حافظ الشيرازىAuthor 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 is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), produced in India, possibly Kashmir, in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. It opens with an illuminated headpiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) (fol. 1b); there are twenty illustrations. The lacquer binding with central floral design is contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.637The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 171aDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظالا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...

Laid paper, probably Kashmiri

Foliation: i+171+ii13.58.010.05.5

Written obliquely on versos

Framing lines in blue, orange, gold, and blackWritten in nastaʿlīq script (Indian hand)Twenty illustrations; illuminated headpiece; framing lines in blue, orange, gold, and blackBindingBindingThis lacquer binding is decorated with a floral central design surrounded by a border of gold-painted floral motifs on a black ground. It dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.Incipit page with headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis painted incipit page has a headpiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah).The Prophet Muhammad (not depicted) ascends on BurāqIllustrationKing Solomon seated on his throne carried by demonsIllustrationLaylá and Majnūn and Sultan Maḥmūd and IyāzIllustrationIn the foreground of this illustration, Sultan Maḥmūd and his favorite, Iyāz, are shown. Behind are Laylá and Majnūn. All four are referred to in this ode.A wine partyIllustrationShīrīn before Farhād, who is cutting through rocksIllustrationJamshīd and Kay KhusrawIllustrationKing Solomon with his magic seal (signet) and a demonIllustrationJamshīd and Kay QubādIllustrationAlexander the Great and his magic mirrorIllustrationḤāfiẓ, like Iskandar (Alexander the Great), uses a mirror to seek his beloved.Kay Khusraw prefers the Water of Life to wineIllustrationJacob becomes blind during his long wait without hearing anything from JosephIllustrationFarhād carries Shīrīn and her dead horse to her castleIllustrationShīrīn visits Farhād with her menIllustrationThe beloved admired by Jamshīd and Kay KhusrawIllustrationThis page illustrates the first couplet on the page, in which the poet comments that his beloved has hundreds of Jamshīds and Kay Khusraws as slaves.Alexander the Great and the prophet KhiḍrIllustrationThe crucifixion of ḤallājIllustrationKing Solomon in the company of angels, demons, and flying birdsIllustrationParadise represented by a pavilion in a garden with water pools and angelsIllustrationSultan Maḥmūd and IyāzIllustrationJamshīd enthronedIllustration

Lacquer binding (without flap); central panel filled with floral design; border with floral gold-painted motifs on a black ground

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