Walters Ms. W.638, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظ<note type="title" xml:id="n281.093361">Text begins on fol. 17b; inscription on fol. 6b reads: Qaṣāʾid-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī</note>Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent.Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzīشمس الدين محمد حافظ الشيرازيAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: fl. 8th century AH / 14th CE)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 and illustrated copy of the Collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), written in the first half of the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. There are five illustrations.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.638The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 183aDīvān-i Ḥāfiẓديوان حافظ<note type="title" xml:id="n281.093412">Text begins on fol. 17b; inscription on fol. 6b reads: Qaṣāʾid-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī</note>الا يا ايها الساقى ادر كاسا وناولها...Misbound; first two folios (without text) supplied later

Laid paper

Foliation: ii+183+i24.013.516.57.5

Written on versos

Some lines written obliquelyWritten in black nastaʿlīq script; the words ayḍan and wa-lahu in whiteFive illustrations; double-page illuminated incipits with headpieces; illuminated headpiece (added later); panels for chapter/section headings, cloud-bands, borders with foliate design; frameDouble-page illuminated incipit with headpieceIncipit; headpieceThe inscription in the headpiece reads: Qaṣāʾid-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī.Double-page illuminated incipit with headpieceIncipit; headpieceThe inscription in the headpiece reads: fa-Allāh khayr ḥāfiẓan.A festive party in a garden with dance, music, and wineIllustrationMajnūn seated in the wilderness with Laylá on a camelIllustrationA drinking and merry-making partyIllustrationA polo-playing sceneIllustrationRustam rescuing Bīzhan from the wellIllustration

Probably twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE; dark brown leather (with flap); gold-tooled and -painted central rectangular panel and frames

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