Walters Ms. W.642, Poem (masnavi)Subḥat al-abrārسبحة الابرار<note type="title" xml:id="n245.276211">This poem is included in Jāmī's Haft awrang (Seven thrones). The title of the work and the author's name are inscribed in the panels of the illuminated double-page incipit. The title and the original shelfmark of 3934 are inscribed on the tail edge of the codex.</note>Jāmī, 1414-1492Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmīنور الدين عبد الرحمان بن احمد جاميAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 898 AH / 1492 CEscribeḤaydar al-Ḥusaynīحيدر الحسينيPrincipal 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 copy of the well-known poem (mas̱navī) Subḥat al-abrār (The rosary of the righteous) by Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE), produced in Safavid Iran. The text, written in nastaʿlīq script, was copied by Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī in 965 AH / 1557-8 CE, according to the Arabic colophon (fol. 112a). The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit inscribed with the title of the work and the author's name. The subsequent pages have decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The dark brown goatskin binding, which is original to the manuscript, has light brown doublures decorated with filigree work on a multi-colored ground. The original shelfmark of 3934 is inscribed on the tail edge of the codex.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.642The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 112aSubḥat al-abrārسبحة الابرار<note type="title" xml:id="n245.276265">This poem is included in Jāmī's Haft awrang (Seven thrones). The title of the work and the author's name are inscribed in the panels of the illuminated double-page incipit. The title and the original shelfmark of 3934 are inscribed on the tail edge of the codex.</note>المنة لله كه بخون خفتم ...The text begins on 1b that is indicated here as 1*scribekatabahu al-ʿabd al-faqīr al-mudhnib al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat Allāh /1/ wa-ghufrānih Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī ghaffara Allāh lahu wa-li-man qara<ʾ>ahu /2/ wa-naẓara fīhi sanat khams wa-sittīn wa-tasʿimi<ʾ>ah /3/Written in Arabic; gives the name of the scribe and the date of copying

cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper

Foliation: 11224.515.012.56.0First folio (not a flyleaf) not counted in the foliation

Written obliquely on versos

Framing lines in gold, blue, orange, black, and light greenWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black with polychrome headingsDouble-page illuminated incipit; decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins; polychrome section headings; framing lines in gold, blue, orange, black, and light greenBindingBindingThis dark brown goatskin binding with flap is a Safavid binding produced in 16th-century Iran. The central lobed medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces are brushed with gold. There is a wide border with cartouches in gold with floral motifs alternating with small quatrefoils with raised flowers.DoublureDoublureThis light brown doublure is decorated with filigree work on a multi-colored ground of blue, orange, and green. The design consists of a central lobed medallion with pendants and cornerpieces framed by a wide border of cartouches alternating with quatrefoils.Illuminated double-page incipit with titlepieceIncipit; titlepieceThis is the right side of an illuminated double-page incipit with the top panel inscribed with the title of the poem in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script on a gold background. The text area has interlinear gilt decoration with polychrome floral motifs. The illuminated borders are of a blue ground with gilt medallions and floral forms.Illuminated double-page incipitIncipitThis is the left side of an illuminated double-page incipit. The top panel is inscribed with the author's name in white tawqīʿ/riqāʿ script on a gold background. The text area has interlinear gilt decoration with polychrome floral motifs. The illuminated borders are of a blue ground with gilt medallions and floral forms.ColophonColophonThis colophon, written in Arabic, is dated 965 AH / 1557-8 CE and gives the name of the scribe as Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī. It reads as follows: katabahu al-ʿabd al-faqīr al-mudhnib al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat Allāh /1/ wa-ghufrānih Ḥaydar al-Ḥusaynī ghaffara Allāh lahu wa-li-man qara<ʾ>ahu /2/ wa-naẓara fīhi sanat khams wa-sittīn wa-tasʿimi<ʾ>ah /3/

Dark brown goatskin (with flap); central lobed medallion with pendants and cornerpieces brushed with gold; light brown doublures with filigree work on a multi-colored ground of blue, orange, and green

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