Walters Ms. W.656, Poem (masnavi)Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīnصفات العاشقينNūr al-Dīn Hilālī Jaghatāʾīنور الدين هلالى جغتائىscribeMuʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynīمعز الدين محمد الحسينيSometimes referred to as Badr al-Din HilaliPrincipal 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 a mystic poem (masnavi) entitled Ṣifat al-ʿāshiqīn (Qualities of lovers) by Nūr al-Dīn Hilālī (d. 936 AH / 1529-30 CE). It was written in nastaʿlīq script by Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī in 978 AH / 1570-1 CE. The manuscript opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), followed by a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a). Borders throughout the codex are illuminated with floral and bird motifs. The lacquer binding is original to the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.656The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 1b - 58aṢifat al-ʿāshiqīnصفات العاشقينخداوند درى از غيب بكشاى...scribekatabahu al-ʿabd al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr al-mudhnib al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat Allāh al-ghanī /1/ Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī ghafara Allāh dhunūbah wa-satara ʿuyūbahu fī /2/ fī sanat 978 /3/In Arabic, giving the name of the scribe and the date of copyingFoliation: 58+i25.515.014.57.0

Written obliquely on versos

Text written horizontally and obliquely; framing lines in blue, gold, red, and light blueWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black with ploychrome chapter headingsSix illustrations; double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a); double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a); illuminated border with floral and bird motifs; illuminated chapter/section headings; framing lines in blue, gold, red, and light blueDouble-page illustrated frontispieceIllustration; frontispieceThis is the right side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a festive gathering in a landscape with poets, chess players, and servants preparing food.Double-page illustrated frontispieceIllustration; frontispieceThis is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a festive gathering in a landscape with poets, chess players, and servants preparing food.Ascension of the Prophet MuhammadIllustrationA brave man with a sword killing a lionIllustrationMajnūn among animals in the wildernessIllustrationSultan Maḥmūd and Ayāz in a landscapeIllustrationA festive party with a hunter and his young friendsIllustrationA love-struck beggar brings a ball to the kingIllustration

Lacquer (without flap); decorated with animals and floral motifs; doublures with dentelle-style decoration in gold and blue

978 AH / 1570-1 CEIranWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRichard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 351-2.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 stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexIlluminationIllustrationIranIslamicManuscriptPersianWalters Art MuseumSufismLiterature -- PoetryOriginal Binding