Walters Ms. W.637, Collection of poems (divan)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
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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Description
| Alternative title | Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ |
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| Alternative title | ديوان حافظ |
| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Form | paper; Laid paper, probably Kashmiri |
| Place | India (Kashmir?) |
| Date created | 1801 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Digital origin | reformatted digital |
| Foliation Statement | Foliation: i+171+ii |
| Dimensions | 13.5 x 8.0cm |
| Writing Block | 10.0 x 5.5cm |
| Catchwords | Written obliquely on versos |
| Layout: Columns | 2 |
| Layout: Ruled Lines | 13 |
| Layout: Notes | Framing lines in blue, orange, gold, and black |
| Hand Note | Written in nastaʿlīq script (Indian hand) |
| Binding | Lacquer binding (without flap); central panel filled with floral design; border with floral gold-painted motifs on a black ground |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent. | |
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| Author | Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ al-Shīrāzī | |
| Author | شمس الدين محمد حافظ الشيرازى |
Bibliographic information
| Language | The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. |
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| Decoration Note | Twenty illustrations; illuminated headpiece; framing lines in blue, orange, gold, and black |
| Decoration Note | fol. 1b Incipit page with headpiece Incipit; headpiece This painted incipit page has a headpiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah). |
| Decoration Note | fol. 4b The Prophet Muhammad (not depicted) ascends on Burāq Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 10a King Solomon seated on his throne carried by demons Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 18b Laylá and Majnūn and Sultan Maḥmūd and Iyāz Illustration In the foreground of this illustration, Sultan Maḥmūd and his favorite, Iyāz, are shown. Behind are Laylá and Majnūn. All four are referred to in this ode. |
| Decoration Note | fol. 24a A wine party Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 37a Shīrīn before Farhād, who is cutting through rocks Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 43b Jamshīd and Kay Khusraw Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 50a King Solomon with his magic seal (signet) and a demon Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 57a Jamshīd and Kay Qubād Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 59b Alexander the Great and his magic mirror Illustration Ḥāfiẓ, like Iskandar (Alexander the Great), uses a mirror to seek his beloved. |
| Decoration Note | fol. 67b Kay Khusraw prefers the Water of Life to wine Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 74a Jacob becomes blind during his long wait without hearing anything from Joseph Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 75b Farhād carries Shīrīn and her dead horse to her castle Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 85a Shīrīn visits Farhād with her men Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 87b The beloved admired by Jamshīd and Kay Khusraw Illustration This page illustrates the first couplet on the page, in which the poet comments that his beloved has hundreds of Jamshīds and Kay Khusraws as slaves. |
| Decoration Note | fol. 103a Alexander the Great and the prophet Khiḍr Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 115b The crucifixion of Ḥallāj Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 124b King Solomon in the company of angels, demons, and flying birds Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 134a Paradise represented by a pavilion in a garden with water pools and angels Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 137b Sultan Maḥmūd and Iyāz Illustration |
| Decoration Note | fol. 145b Jamshīd enthroned Illustration |
| Date Note | 13th century AH / 19th CE |
| Acquisition | Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yy822gr2394 |
| Location | The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201. |
| Location | W.637 |
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