In this landscape scene from Walters manuscript W.651 a young man holding a sheet of paper containing a verse and an older man are seated next to a tree. The older man may be intended to represent the poet Jami. The colophon in Arabic gives the name of the calligrapher and date of copying.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Safavid DynastyInscriptions: [Transliteration] tammat al-kitāb bi-'awn al-Mālik al-Wahhāb /1/ sawwadahu al-'abd al-aqall Muhammad Zamān al-Tabrīzī / 2/ sanah 998 /3/Reign: Style:
Mahmud Askani, 1893-1894, by purchase [ownership statement on fol. 6b written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894 stating that this precious book was bought for his son Mahmud Askani from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Medium:
ink and pigments on orange-tinted paper with bluish-green borders
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)
