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Psalter, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 1r

Psalter, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 1r

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Psalter, Annunciation, Walters Manuscript W.78, fol. 1r

This psalter was produced in a monastery in the diocese of Augsburg in the mid-thirteenth century, as shown by entries in the calendar and litany. The decoration includes six full-page miniatures, ten historiated initials, and seasonal and zodiac roundels for each month. The text has been supplied with…

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Illuminated Manuscript Collected works (Kulliyat), Walters Art Museum Ms. 617, fol. 4a

Illuminated Manuscript Collected works (Kulliyat), Walters Art Museum Ms. 617, fol. 4a

Illuminated Manuscript Collected works (Kulliyat), Walters Art Museum Ms. 617, fol. 4a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts An illuminated and illustrated copy of the collected works of Sa`di (d.691/1292) (Kullīyāt-i Saʿdī) containing, among others, his Gulistān and Bustān. The present manuscript was penned by an anonymous calligrapher in Shiraz (Iran) in 934 AH / 1527 CE. Left…

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The Anatolian coast along the Kerme Bay from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 92a

The Anatolian coast along the Kerme Bay from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 92a

The Anatolian coast along the Kerme Bay from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 92a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late…

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Illuminated Manuscript of Two works on Precious Stones, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.589, fol. 33b

Illuminated Manuscript of Two works on Precious Stones, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.589, fol. 33b

Illuminated Manuscript of Two works on Precious Stones, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.589, fol. 33b Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts A codex containing two short works on precious stones ascribed to Jamāl al-Dīn al-Tifāshī and Aristotle respectively. The piece attributed to Aristotle, the beginning of which you see here, is likely to be a short paraphrase of or an extract from his…

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The Island of Kalimnos (Kalimaz) south of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 88a

The Island of Kalimnos (Kalimaz) south of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 88a

The Island of Kalimnos (Kalimaz) south of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 88a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present…

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Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 1b

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 1b

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 1b Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts An elegantly illuminated and illustrated copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) executed by Yār Muḥammad al-Haravī in 922 AH / 1516 CE. Written in four columns in black nastaʿlīq script, this manuscripts opens with a double-page decorative…

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Rhodes (Rodos, Rudūs) Island from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 103a

Rhodes (Rodos, Rudūs) Island from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 103a

Rhodes (Rodos, Rudūs) Island from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol. 103a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH /…

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Illuminated Manuscript Baburnamah, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.596, fol. 7a

Illuminated Manuscript Baburnamah, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.596, fol. 7a

Illuminated Manuscript Baburnamah, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.596, fol. 7a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759 Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, Bāburnāmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad…

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