Walters Ms. W.645, Two poetical works: Yusuf and Zulaykha and Mihr and MushtariYūsuf va Zulaykhāيوسف وزليخاMihr va Mushtarīمهر ومشترىJāmī, 1414-1492Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Jāmīنور الدين عبد الرحمان بن احمد جامىAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 898 AH / 1492 CEʻAṣṣār Tabrīzī, Muḥammad, d. 1382 or 3Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ʿAṣṣār Tabrīzīمحمد بن احمد عصار تبريزىAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 784 AH / 1382 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 illuminated and illustrated Safavid manuscript, executed in Safavid Iran in the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, contains two poetical works: Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE) and Mihr va Mushtarī by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ‘Aṣṣār Tabrīzī (d. 784 AH / 1382 CE). The two texts can be read side by side on the same page, either written horizontally or obliquely. There are four paintings illustrating the text (fols. 58b, 91a, 159a, and 180b). The brown leather binding with dentelle-style decoration in multi-colored filigree work may date to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, although it is unlikely to be original to the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.645The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1a - 207aYūsuf va Zulaykhāيوسف وزليخاBeginning lines of the text missingfols. 1a - 211aMihr va Mushtarīمهر ومشترىBeginning lines of the text missing

Laid paper

Foliation: i+21127.017.010.56.0

Written obliquely on versos

Text inscribed in the main double columns, ending on fol. 207a; framing lines in blue, red, gold, green, and light blueText inscribed in the outer margin of the framed area up to fol. 207a; continues after fol. 207a in both the margin and the double columns; framing lines in blue, red, gold, green, and light blueWritten in black nastaʿlīq script with chapter/section headings in whiteWritten in black nastaʿlīq script with chapter/section headings in whiteTwo illustrations; one surviving half of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with information about the works and the incipits (fol.1a); decorated double frame and various geometrically shaped decorated panels within the text; framing lines in blue, red, gold, green, and light blueTwo illustrations; one surviving half of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with information about the works and the incipits (fol.1a); decorated double frame and various geometrically shaped decorated panels within the text; framing lines in blue, red, gold, green, and light blueDouble-page illuminated frontispieceFrontispiece; incipitThis is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. (The left side does not survive.) The initial lines of the texts are inscribed in the central medallion and pendants in white nastaʿlīq script on a blue background.The vizier of Egypt comes to meet ZulaykhāYusuf and ZulaykhaIllustrationMihr and his friends slaughter dog- and wolf-headed cannibalsMihr and MushtariIllustrationQarā Khān, king of Samarqand, defeated by MihrMihr and MushtariIllustrationOn the left side of this page Qarā Khān, king of Samarqand, is defeated by Mihr, who fights on the side of King Kayvān, Nāhīd’s father.The wedding festivities of Yūsuf and ZulaykhāYusuf and ZulaykhaIllustration

May date to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE; brown leather (no flap); dentelle-style decoration in multi-colored filigree work

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