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Walters Ms. W.607, Five poems (quintet)
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Manuscript
Five poems (quintet)
Text title
Vernacular: Ø®Ù
Ø³Ù ÙØ¸Ø§Ù
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Author
Authority name: NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ«, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Supplied name: IlyÄs ibn YÅ«suf NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ«
Name, in vernacular: اÙÙØ§Ø³ ب٠ÙÙØ³Ù ÙØ¸Ø§Ù
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Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 605 AH / 1209 CE
Abstract
This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah (quintet) of NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include Laylá va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied in black nastaÊ¿lÄ«q script by YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE. An illuminated double-page frontispiece opens the codex (fols. 1b-2a), and each poem is introduced with an illuminated headpiece (fols. 33b, 119b, 180b, and 261b). The twenty-seven illustrations appear to have been repainted in India during the twelfth or early thirteenth century AH / eighteenth or early nineteenth CE. The manuscript is bound in late Zand lacquer boards with figural scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. The upper board illustrating BahrÄm GÅ«r is dated 12[0]5 AH / 1790-1 CE.
Date
934-5 AH / 1528-9 CE
Scribe
As-written name: YÄdkÄr al-KÄtib
Name, in vernacular: ÙØ§Ø¯Ùار اÙÙØ§ØªØ¨
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Colophon
fol. 297a:
- Transliteration: al-Ê¿abd al-ḥÄjjÄ« YÄdkÄr al-KÄtib /1/ ghafara dhunÅ«bahu wa-satara /2/ Ê¿uyÅ«bahu /3/ 903 [sic] /4/
- Comment: Records scribe's name and date; date appears to be forged
Support material
Paper
Cream-colored laid paper
Extent
Foliation: i+297+i
Collation
Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos
Dimensions
18.0 cm wide by 30.0 cm high
Written surface
10.5 cm wide by 19.5 cm high
Layout
- Columns: 4
- Ruled lines: 21
- Framing lines in blue, red, green, gold, and black
Contents:
fols. 1b - 297a:
- Title: Khamsah-i NiáºÄmÄ«
- Author: NiáºÄmÄ« GanjavÄ«, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
- Scribe: YÄdkÄr al-KÄtib
- Incipit: بسÙ
اÙÙÙ Ø§ÙØ±ØÙ
Ù Ø§ÙØ±ØÙÙ
ÙØ³Øª ÙÙÙØ¯ در ÙÙØ¬ ØÙÙÙ
...
- Text note: Contains the following four poems: Makhzan al-asrÄr (fols. 1b-32a); Khusraw va ShÄ«rÄ«n (fols. 33b-118a); Haft paykar (fols. 119b-179a); and IskandarnÄmah (fols. 180b-297a); Layla va MajnÅ«n missing
- Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script in black ink with section headings in red
- Decoration note: Twenty-seven illustrations; double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a); four illuminated headpieces (fols. 33b, 119b, 180b, 261b); illuminated borders; framing lines in blue, red, green, gold, and black
Decoration:
Upper board outside:
- Title: Late Zand lacquer binding
- Form: Binding
- Label: This late Zand lacquer binding depicts BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Fitnah carrying a cow on her shoulders. It is dated 12[0]5 AH / 1790-1 CE. The lacquer boards were made in Iran during the Zand period.
fol. 1b:
- Title: Double-page illuminated frontispiece
- Form: Frontispiece
- Text: Makhzan-i asrÄr
- Label: This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece inscribed with the title of the first poem of the Khamsah, Makhzan-i asrÄr.
fol. 2a:
- Title: Double-page illuminated frontispiece
- Form: Frontispiece
- Text: Makhzan-i asrÄr
- Label: This is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece inscribed with the title of the first poem of the Khamsah, Makhzan-i asrÄr.
fol. 4b:
- Title: The Prophet Muhammad's ascension
- Form: Illustration
- Text: MakhzÄn al-asrÄr
- Label: The Prophet Muhammad is depicted on Buraq, led by the angel Gabriel ascending to the heavens.
fol. 15a:
- Title: NÅ«shirvÄn and his prime minster DastÅ«r
- Form: Illustration
- Text: MakhzÄn al-asrÄr
- Label: Riding through a ruined village, the Sasanian NÅ«shirvÄn and his prime minster DastÅ«r see two owls talking.
fol. 17a:
- Title: An old woman implores Sultan Sanjar for help
- Form: Illustration
- Text: MakhzÄn al-asrÄr
- Label: An old woman approaches the throne of Sultan Sanjar to recount her oppression.
fol. 26a:
- Title: An old man brought before a tyrant
- Form: Illustration
- Text: MakhzÄn al-asrÄr
fol. 29b:
- Title: An old woman speaking with a confidant of King Jamshīd
- Form: Illustration
- Text: MakhzÄn al-asrÄr
- Label: At a court gathering, an old woman speaks with a confidant of King Jamshīd.
fol. 33b:
- Title: Incipit with illuminated headpiece
- Form: Incipit; headpiece
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
- Label: This incipit page has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the second poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shīrīn.
fol. 37a:
- Title: AbÅ« JaÊ¿far Muḥammad AtÄbak enthroned
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 45b:
- Title: ShÄhpÅ«r visiting ShÄ«rÄ«n
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
- Label: ShÄhpÅ«r is shown before the Armenian princess ShÄ«rÄ«n at a court gathering.
fol. 62b:
- Title: Ascension of Khusraw to the throne
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 68a:
- Title: Khusraw and Shīrīn enthroned
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 78b:
- Title: FarhÄd carves an image of ShÄ«rÄ«n in rock
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 86a:
- Title: Khusraw announces his marriage to Shakar
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 93a:
- Title: Khusraw and Shīrīn in the palace
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 104b:
- Title: Reconciliation of Khusraw and Shīrīn
- Form: Illsutration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 110a:
- Title: Shīrūyah stabs Khusraw, his father
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Khusraw va Shīrīn
fol. 119b:
- Title: Incipit with illuminated headpiece
- Form: Incipit; headpiece
- Text: Haft paykar
- Label: This incipit page has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the fourth poem of the Khamsah, Haft paykar.
fol. 134b:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r seizes the crown after having killed two lions
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 136b:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r kills a wild ass
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 145b:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r in the black pavilion
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 154a:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r in the yellow pavilion
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 160a:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r in the blue pavilion
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 165a:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r in the sandalwood pavilion
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 168a:
- Title: BahrÄm GÅ«r in the white pavilion
- Form: Illustration
- Text: Haft paykar
fol. 180b:
- Title: Incipit with illuminated headpiece
- Form: Incipit; headpiece
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
- Label: This incipit page has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the SharafnÄmah, the first part of the fifth poem of the Khamsah, the IskandarnÄmah.
fol. 193b:
- Title: Alexander the Great fighting the Ethiopians
- Form: Illustration
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
fol. 197b:
- Title: Victory of Alexander the Great over the Ethiopians
- Form: Illustration
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
fol. 210b:
- Title: Death of King Darius
- Form: Illustration
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
fol. 223b:
- Title: Alexander the Great admires his portrait ordered by Queen NÅ«shÄbah
- Form: Illustration
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
fol. 258b:
- Title: Alexander the Great at the fountain of life with the prophets Khiá¸r and IlyÄs
- Form: Illustration
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
- Label: Alexander the Great (Iskandar) searches for the fountain of life and passes by a cave, before which sit the prophets Khiá¸r and IlyÄs.
fol. 261b:
- Title: Incipit with illuminated headpiece
- Form: Incipit; headpiece
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
- Label: This incipit page has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the IqbÄlnÄmah, the second part of the fifth poem of the Khamsah, the IskandarnÄmah.
fol. 268b:
- Title: Aristotle teaching his students
- Form: Illustration
- Text: IskandarnÄmah
Lower board outside:
- Title: Late Zand lacquer binding
- Form: Binding
- Label: This late Zand lacquer binding depicts Khusraw watching Shīrīn bathing. It was made in Iran during the Zand period. (The upper board is dated 12[0]5 AH / 1790-1 CE.)
Binding
The binding is not original.
Dates to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE; late Zand lacquer binding (without flap); upper board depicts BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Fitnah carrying a cow on her shoulders, dated 12[0]5 AH / 1790-1 CE; lower board depicts Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing; red leather doublures have gold-painted decoration
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Bibliography
Storey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Vol. 2. (London: Luzac, 1927- ), 438-495.
Contributors
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail
Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
Publisher
The Walters Art Museum
License
Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.
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