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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 |
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>) |
manuscripts (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1022 AH/CE 1613 (Safavid); binding is later |
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] Herāt (province), Afghanistan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (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) |
Islamic (preferred) |
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>) |
literary (preferred) |
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-) | |
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