Walters Ms. W.640, Collection of poems (divan)Dīvān-i Jāmīديوان جامى<note type="title" xml:id="n283.200575">One title attribution wrongly reads Tuḥfat al-aḥrār (fol. 1a). This is the first edition of the Dīvān, also known as Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb, with a preface composed in 884 AH / 1479 CE (see the chronostichon on fol. 7a).</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 CEscribeShāh Maḥmūd Nīshābūrīشاه محمود نيشابورىShāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī (d. 972 AH / 1564-5 CE) was a poet and one of the three greatest Safavid calligraphers (see bibliography).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 Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). According to the colophon, is was copied by the illustrious Safavid calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī (d. 972 AH / 1564-5 CE) (fol. 306a). The codex opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), which is followed by a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a). There are ten additional paintings that appear to date later than the text itself. These paintings are in the style of Isfahan in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. The textblock, which has been trimmed, is bound in lacquer boards decorated with hunting scenes and landscape motifs. The binding was also executed in Iran and is attributable to the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE or eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. There are several erased seals and one ownership statement on fol. 1a, and a seal impression naming Muḥammad Amīn is found on fol. 3a.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.640The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 306aDīvān-i Jāmīديوان جامى<note type="title" xml:id="n283.200630">One title attribution wrongly reads Tuḥfat al-aḥrār (fol. 1a). This is the first edition of the Dīvān, also known as Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb, with a preface composed in 884 AH / 1479 CE (see the chronostichon on fol. 7a).</note>بسم اله الرحمن الرحيم هست صلاى سر خوان كريم...Codex begins with a preface (fols. 1b-7a) composed in 884 AH / 1479 CE; first qaṣīdah begins on fol. 7ascribetamma bi-al-khayr /1/ katabahu al-ʿabd Shāh Maḥmūd Nishābūrī /2/ ghafara dhunūbahu wa-satara ʿuyūbahu /3/Gives the name of the scribe only

Laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins

Foliation: i+306+i27.016.515.57.0Framing lines in blue, red, mustard, green, and goldWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black, red, and blueTen illustrations; double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a); double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a); headpiece introducing ghazals (fol. 66b), panels in the text, framing lines in blue, red, mustard, green, and goldLacquer bindingBindingThis Safavid lacquer binding is decorated with hunting scenes and landscape motifs. It is attributable to the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE or eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE.DoublureBindingThis is a doublure of multicolored filigree work and mirror work that is attributable to the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE or eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE.Double-page illustrated frontispieceIllustration; frontispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece.Double-page illustrated frontispieceFrontispiece; illustrationThis is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece.Double-page illuminated incipitIncipitThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated incipit.Double-page illuminated incipitIncipitThis is the left side of a double-page illuminated incipit.Offering of wine in a landscapeIllustrationThis illustration marks the end of the section of qaṣīdahs.Incipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis incipit page with illuminated headpiece, interlinear decoration, and gold-sprinkled margins introduces the section on ghazals.The poet Jāmī reciting poetryIllustrationJāmī, who is seen in the lower right corner in a brown robe, recites his poetry before others.The veiled and seated Prophet MuhammadIllustrationJāmī and company in a landscapeIllustrationCourt sceneIllustrationScholars engaged in discussionIllustrationJāmī recites his poemsIllustrationJāmī recites his poems for an audience in a palaceIllustrationGarden scene with Jāmī reciting his poemsIllustrationJāmī recites his poems to a friend who inclines on a cushionIllustration

Perhaps late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE or eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE; lacquer boards (with flap) decorated with hunting scenes and landscape motifs; doublures of multicolored filigree work and mirror work

10th century AH / 16th CEIranSeveral erased seals and one ownership statement (fol. 1a)Seal impression with the name Muḥammad Amīn (fol. 3a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. 2. (London: British Museum, 1879-83), 643.Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), no. 225.Simpson, Marianna Shreve, and Massumeh Farhad. Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang: A Princely Manuscript from Sixteenth-Century Iran. (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, 1997), 254-269.Ibrāhīmī Ḥusaynī, Aḥmad. Calligraphers and Painters: A Treatise by Qāḍī Aḥmad, Son of Mīr-Munshī, circa A.H. 1015 / A.D. 1606, Translated from the Persian by V. Minorsky, with an Introduction by B.N. Zakhoder; Translated from the Russian by T. Minorsky. (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, 1959), 135-8.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetKashmiriHorsesWalters 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 stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyMusical notationRussiaRomaniaLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexColophonIlluminationIllustrationIranIslamicManuscriptPersianWalters Art MuseumLiterature -- Poetry