Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts
Illuminated Manuscript, Anthology of Persian poetry, Original binding, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.655, Lower board outside
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. This page shows Bahrām Gūr killing a gazelle before Fitnah.
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
Illuminated Manuscript, Anthology of Persian poetry, Original binding, Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.655, Lower board outside
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. This page shows Bahrām Gūr killing a gazelle before Fitnah.
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.