Keywords: 'Ali ibn Abi Talib - One Hundred Sayings - Walters W615 - Closed Top.jpg Walters manuscript W 615 an illuminated copy of One hundred sayings referred to as Mi'at kalimah in Arabic and Sad kalimah in Persian and attributed to the 4th caliph of Islam Ali ibn Abi Talib died 40 AH/AD 661 contains a Persian paraphrase dubayt by Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Balkhi known as al-Vatvat Watwat died ca 578 AH/AD 1182 The manuscript was completed in Iran sometime in the 9th century AH/AD 15th The sayings of `Ali in Arabic are written in blue Muhaqqaq and gold Thuluth scripts and the Persian verses are written in black Naskh scripts The codex opens with an illuminated titlepiece inscribed in white Tawqi script fol 1b The dark brown goatskin binding with central lobed medallion and pendants and doublures with filigree decoration may date to the 9th or 10th century AH/AD 15th or 16th 9th century AH/AD 15th century ink and pigments on cream gold-flecked laid paper covered with dark brown goatskin with gold; red leather doublures Folio cm 21 14 5 accession number W 615 5052 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters To Arrest the Ravages of Time Caring for Art at the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D One Hundred Sayings by Ali Walters MS 615 |