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Manuscript
The orchard (Bustan)
Text title
Vernacular: ÙØªØ§Ø¨ Ø¨ÙØ³ØªØ§Ù
Author
Authority name: Saʿdī
As-written name: Musharrif al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¹£liḥ SaÊ¿dÄ« ShÄ«rÄzÄ«
Name, in vernacular: Ù Ø´Ø±Ù Ø§ÙØ¯ÙÙ Ø¨Ù Ù ØµÙØ Ø³Ø¹Ø¯Ù Ø´ÙØ±Ø§Ø²Ù
Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 691 AH / 1292 CE
Abstract
This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the BÅ«stÄn (The garden or The orchard), composed by SaâdÄ« (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). It was written in black nastaâlÄ«q script in the ninth century AH / sixteenth CE in Iran. The codex opens with a frontispiece with the title KitÄb-i bÅ«stÄn inscribed in an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illustration of a banquet scene in a landscape (fols. 1b-2a). Additionally, there are five paintings illustrating the text (fols. 25a, 55b, 58a, 93b, and 119b). The brown leather, blind-stamped binding decorated with a central oval and pendants is not contemporary with the manuscript.
Date
9th century AH / 15th CE
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Extent
Foliation: i+189+i
Collation
Catchwords: Written on versos
Dimensions
17.0 cm wide by 25.5 cm high
Written surface
8.0 cm wide by 14.0 cm high
Layout
Contents:
fols. 1a - 188a:Decoration:
fol. 1a:
fol. 1b:
fol. 2a:
fol. 2b:
fol. 3a:
fol. 25a:
fol. 55b:
fol. 58a:
fol. 93b:
fol. 119b:
Binding
The binding is not original.
Brown, blind-stamped leather (with flap); decorated with a central oval and pendants
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Bibliography
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), no. 147.
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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