Walters Ms. W.639, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Jāmīديوان جامى<note type="title" xml:id="n282.166282">Also known as Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb; title on both head and tail edges reads: Dīvān-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Mawlānā Jāmī 524</note>Jāmī, 1414-1492Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmīنور الدين عبد الرحمان بن احمد جامىAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 898 AH / 1492 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 a tenth-century AH / sixteenth CE Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry, or Dīvān-i avval (also known as Fātiḥat al-shabāb), of Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE), written in 884 AH / 1479 CE. The binding is Ottoman and is attributable to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. It is not contemporary with the manuscript. It is of the type sometimes referred to as çahârkûşe' cild, from the Persian chahār gūshah (four corners), where the spine and edges of the boards are covered with leather and the main area consists of paper, in this case marbled paper.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.639The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 2a - 283bDīvān-i Jāmīديوان جامى<note type="title" xml:id="n282.166333">Also known as Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb; title on both head and tail edges reads: Dīvān-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Mawlānā Jāmī 524</note>First leaf missing; main text preceded by a preface composed in 884 AH / 1479 CE (see fol. 5a, line 4, chronosticon); chapter/section headings blank (not supplied)

Laid paper

Foliation: 283+ii25.015.516.08.5

Written obliquely on versos

Framing lines in blue, red, gold, and greenWritten in black nastaʿlīq script with incidentals in red and blue (only at the beginning of the codex)Double-page illuminated incipit (right side missing); framing lines in blue, red, gold, and greenBindingBindingThis is an Ottoman binding that may date to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. It is of the type sometimes referred to as çahârkûşe' cild, from the Persian chahār gūshah (four corners), where the spine and edges of the boards are covered with leather and the main area consists of paper, in this case marbled paper.Double-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece (right side now missing) with the text written in black, red, and blue nastaʿlīq script. There is gilt interlinear decoration and a frame.

Later Ottoman binding, possibly twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE; spine and edges of boards covered with leather; main area marbled paper

10th century AH / 16th CEIranWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRichard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), no. 225.Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum. (London: British Museum, 1879-83), 2: 643.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 -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexIlluminationIranIslamicManuscriptPersianSafavidWalters Art MuseumLiterature -- Poetry