Walters Ms. W.655, Anthology of Persian poetryMuntakhabāt-i ashʿārمنتخبات اشعار<note type="title" xml:id="n322.074180">Title supplied by cataloger</note>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 illustrated collection of Persian poetry by such famous poets as Hāfiẓ, Saʿdī, Jāmī, and Ṣafā. It was executed in Qajar Iran in an oblong format in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. The text, which is incomplete at the beginning and at the end, is written in ploychrome shikastah script. Fifteen paintings illustrate the text. The goatskin binding is original to the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.655The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1a - 131bMuntakhabāt-i ashʿārمنتخبات اشعار<note type="title" xml:id="n322.074227">Title supplied by cataloger</note>Incomplete at beginning and end; some leaves out of order; two clearly identified sections: Ḥasratnāmah-i Ṣafā (fol. 27b) and Ghazaliyāt-i Jāmī (fol. 45b)

Laid paper with some leaves tinted

Foliation: i+131+i13.07.09.05.0Text written obliquely and horizontally; framing lines in black, green, and redWritten in Shikastah script in black, red, blue, and whiteFifteen illustrations; framing lines in black, green, and redBahrām Gūr kills a gazelle before FitnahIllustrationA holy man with a young girlIllustrationMajnūn with the wild animalsIllustrationShīrīn visits Farhād engaged in cutting rocksIllustrationKhusraw watching Shīrīn bathingIllustrationA sleeping mother surrounded by her daughters (?)IllustrationA boy presents a flowerIllustrationA woman with a cup of wineIllustrationA dervish with a bowl for almsIllustrationMajnūn with the wild animalsIllustrationA youth offers a seal (?) to his teacherIllustrationShīrīn admires the picture of KhusrawIllustrationFitnah carries an ox on her shoulders as Bahrām Gūr watchesIllustrationA teacher and pupilsIllustration

Limp leather with painted cloth (no flap); Persian oblong (safīnah) format; floral decoration in the center panel

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