The orchard (Bustan), Walters Art Museum MS. W.621

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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.

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fol. 92a:Title: King Ṭughral being served wine by his servantForm: Illustration

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Binding The binding is original.

Attributable to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE; lacquer(with flap); polychrome floral motifs on a black ground;doublures with blue filigree work in central ovals andcornerpieces

Bibliography Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris:Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), no.147.

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Dimensions 16.0 cm wide by 27.0 cm high

Written surface 7.0 cm wide by 18.5 cm high

Layout Columns: 2Ruled lines: 16Framing lines in blue, gold, and black

Contents fols. 2b - 115b:Title: Kitāb-i būstānIncipit:

Hand note: Written in black nastaʿlīq script with goldchapter headingsDecoration note: Three illustrations (fols. 13a, 39a,and 92a); illuminated titlepiece with author's name,inscribed Kitāb-i būstān-i Shaykh-i Saʿdī, in gold tawqīʿscript (fol. 2b); framing lines in blue, gold, and black

Decoration Upper board outside:Title: BindingForm: BindingLabel: This lacquer binding is decorated withpolychrome floral motifs. It probably dates to the tenthcentury AH / sixteenth CE.

fol. 2b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated titlepieceForm: Incipit; titlepieceLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated titlepieceinscribed Kitāb-i būstān-i Shaykh-i Saʿdī in gold tawqīʿscript.

fol. 13a:Title: A peasant brought before a tyrant king andordered to be executedForm: Illustration

fol. 39a:Title: A dervish expressing his devotionForm: Illustration

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.621

Descriptive Title The orchard (Bustan)

Text title Kitāb-i būstānVernacular:

Author Authority name: SaʿdīAs-written name: Musharrif al-Dīn ibn Muṣliḥ Saʿdī ShīrāzīName, in vernacular:

Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 691 AH / 1292CE

Abstract This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of theBūstān (The garden or The orchard) by the Persian poet Sa‘dī(d. 691 AH / 1292 CE). It dates to the tenth century AH /sixteenth CE and was produced in Iran. The text is writtenin black nasta‘līq script with gold chapter headings on creamand pink tinted paper. The codex opens with an illuminatedtitlepiece with the author's name (fol. 2b), and there are threeillustrations (fols. 13a, 39a, and 92a). The lacquer binding isdecorated with polychrome floral motifs. Its doublures haveblue filigree work in the central ovals and cornerpieces. It isattributable to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE and maybe original to the manuscript.

Date 10th century AH / 16th CE

Origin Iran

Form Book

Genre Literary -- Poetry

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Support material Paper

Cream and pink tinted laid paper

Extent Foliation: 116

Collation Catchwords: Written on versos

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.

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A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.621, The orchard (Bustan)Title: Kitāb-i būstān

Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

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