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This is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collection of poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), produced in India, possibly Kashmir, in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. It opens with an illuminated headpiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) (fol. 1b); there are twenty illustrations. The lacquer binding with central floral design is contemporary with the manuscript.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
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Bibliography Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries ofMcGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal:McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 39.
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fol. 87b:Title: The beloved admired by Jamshīd and KayKhusrawForm: IllustrationLabel: This page illustrates the first couplet on thepage, in which the poet comments that his beloved hashundreds of Jamshīds and Kay Khusraws as slaves.
fol. 103a:Title: Alexander the Great and the prophet KhiḍrForm: Illustration
fol. 115b:Title: The crucifixion of ḤallājForm: Illustration
fol. 124b:Title: King Solomon in the company of angels, demons,and flying birdsForm: Illustration
fol. 134a:Title: Paradise represented by a pavilion in a gardenwith water pools and angelsForm: Illustration
fol. 137b:Title: Sultan Maḥmūd and IyāzForm: Illustration
fol. 145b:Title: Jamshīd enthronedForm: Illustration
Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Binding The binding is original.
Lacquer binding (without flap); central panel filled withfloral design; border with floral gold-painted motifs on ablack ground
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fol. 24a:Title: A wine partyForm: Illustration
fol. 37a:Title: Shīrīn before Farhād, who is cutting through rocksForm: Illustration
fol. 43b:Title: Jamshīd and Kay KhusrawForm: Illustration
fol. 50a:Title: King Solomon with his magic seal (signet) and ademonForm: Illustration
fol. 57a:Title: Jamshīd and Kay QubādForm: Illustration
fol. 59b:Title: Alexander the Great and his magic mirrorForm: IllustrationLabel: Ḥāfiẓ, like Iskandar (Alexander the Great), usesa mirror to seek his beloved.
fol. 67b:Title: Kay Khusraw prefers the Water of Life to wineForm: Illustration
fol. 74a:Title: Jacob becomes blind during his long wait withouthearing anything from JosephForm: Illustration
fol. 75b:Title: Farhād carries Shīrīn and her dead horse to hercastleForm: Illustration
fol. 85a:Title: Shīrīn visits Farhād with her menForm: Illustration
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Ruled lines: 13Framing lines in blue, orange, gold, and black
Contents fols. 1b - 171a:Title: Dīvān-i ḤāfiẓIncipit:
Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script (Indian hand)Decoration note: Twenty illustrations; illuminatedheadpiece; framing lines in blue, orange, gold, andblack
Decoration Upper board outside:Title: BindingForm: BindingLabel: This lacquer binding is decorated with a floralcentral design surrounded by a border of gold-paintedfloral motifs on a black ground. It dates to the thirteenthcentury AH / nineteenth CE.
fol. 1b:Title: Incipit page with headpieceForm: Incipit; headpieceLabel: This painted incipit page has a headpieceinscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah).
fol. 4b:Title: The Prophet Muhammad (not depicted) ascendson BurāqForm: Illustration
fol. 10a:Title: King Solomon seated on his throne carried bydemonsForm: Illustration
fol. 18b:Title: Laylá and Majnūn and Sultan Maḥmūd and IyāzForm: IllustrationLabel: In the foreground of this illustration, SultanMaḥmūd and his favorite, Iyāz, are shown. Behind areLaylá and Majnūn. All four are referred to in this ode.
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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.637
Descriptive Title Collection of poems (divan)
Text title Dīvān-i ḤāfiẓVernacular:
Author Authority name: Hafiz, 14th cent.As-written name: Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ al-ShīrāzīName, in vernacular:
Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: fl. 8th centuryAH / 14th CE
Abstract This is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collectionof poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), producedin India, possibly Kashmir, in the thirteenth century AH /nineteenth CE. It opens with an illuminated headpiece withthe doxological formula (basmalah) (fol. 1b); there aretwenty illustrations. The lacquer binding with central floraldesign is contemporary with the manuscript.
Date 13th century AH / 19th CE
Origin India (Kashmir?)
Form Book
Genre Literary -- Poetry
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Support material Paper
Laid paper, probably Kashmiri
Extent Foliation: i+171+ii
Collation Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos
Dimensions 8.0 cm wide by 13.5 cm high
Written surface 5.5 cm wide by 10.0 cm high
Layout Columns: 2
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011
A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.637, Collection of poems (divan)Title: Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ
Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.thewalters.org/
