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| Keywords: Sa'di - Collected Works (Kulliyat) - Walters W616 - Top Exterior.jpg Walters manuscript W 616 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collected works Kulliyat of Creator Saadi The text which was completed on 10 Jumadá II 926 AH/AD 1520 is written in Nasta'liq script in black with incidentals in gold and blue The codex originally opened with a double-page illuminated frontispiece fols 1b-2a although fol 1b was replaced at some point in the manuscript's history There are 13 paintings illustrating the text and illuminated incipit pages introduce the beginning of each individual work The gold-brushed brown leather binding with floral and vine decoration seems to be contemporary with although not original to the manuscript islamic 1520 926 ink pigments laid paper covered with dark brown leather with gold Folio cm 25 14 5 accession number W 616 30488 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Sa'di Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
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