ID: 700009122 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009122	Record Type: Movable Work
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Marvels of the World (manuscript (documents); illuminator: unknown Safavid; copied in Herat in the library...; 1022 AH/CE 1613 (Safavid); bin...; Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Baltimore Independent City, M...; W.652)

Note: Walters manuscript W.652 is an abridged metrical paraphrase of the 2nd maqalah of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation) by Zakariya' al-Qazwini (died 682 AH/AD 1283) with additions from other sources by Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/CE 1461-1462). The text was copied in Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) in 1022 AH/CE 1613 in the library of the governor of Khurasan Husayn Khan Shamlu-yi Biklirbiki (Beglerbegi). The manuscript is illustrated with 14 paintings in an early Safavid style from the 11th century AH/CE 17th. The present binding is not original to the manuscript.

Titles:

Marvels of the World (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

manuscript (documents) [300028569] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1022 AH/CE 1613 (Safavid); binding is later

Creator Display:

illuminator: unknown Safavid; copied in Herat in the library of the governor of Khurasan Husayn Khan Shamlu-yi Biklirbiki (Beglerbegi); author: Zakariya' al-Qazwini and Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/AD 1461/1462) [preferred]

illuminators unknown Safavid (Safavid cultural designation) [500204152]

author Āz̲arī Isfarāyinī, Ḥamzah ibn ʻAlī Malik (Persian author, 1382/1383-1461/1462) [500372815]

Locations:

Other: Original: Herāt [7002243] (Geographic)

Current: Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Baltimore Independent City, Maryland, United States) [500279110] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: W.652

Credit Line: Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest

Display Materials: ink and pigments on thick paper; covered with light olive leather

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	leather [300011845]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 6 3/4 in. (30 x 17.2 cm)

Cultures:

Islamic (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Safavid (Iranian Islamic styles ) [300021712] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, <Islamic World dynastic styles and periods>, <Iranian Islamic styles and periods after the Mongols>)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Wonders of Creation [901001455]
	.....((Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

Provenance: Henry Walters, Baltimore

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Marvels of the World	........ [VP]
	........ Walters Art Museum, Baltimore [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Walters Art Museum, Baltimore [online] (2000-)