Walters Ms. W.619, Two works of Sa`di: the Rose garden (Gulistan) and the Orchard (Bustan)

W.619

Two works of Sa`di: the Rose garden (Gulistan) and the Orchard (Bustan)

Vernacular: كتاب كلستان

Vernacular: كتاب بوستان

Authority name: Saʿdī

As-written name: Musharrif al-Dīn ibn Muṣliḥ Saʿdī Shīrāzī

Name, in vernacular: مشرف الدين بن مصلح سعدي شيرازي

Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 691 AH / 1292 CE

This illuminated manuscript contains two works by Sa‘dī (d. 691 AH / 1292 CE): the Gulistān (Rose garden) and the Būstān (Orchard). It was copied in 980 AH / 1572 CE by Muḥammad Riz̤ā al-Tabrīzī in Iran. The text of the Gulistān appears in the main area, while that of the Būstān is inscribed obliquely around the main text area on three sides. Both texts are written in black and gold nasta‘līq script. The margins are multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper. The original leather binding dates to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE and has dentelle-style decorated boards and doublures with gold filigree work over a multi-colored ground of blue, green, red, and black.

980 AH / 1572 CE

Iran

As-written name: Muḥammad Riz̤ā al-Tabrīzī

Name, in vernacular: محمد رضا التبريزي

Book

Literary -- Prose

Literary -- Poetry

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.

1. Transliteration: katabahu al-mudhnib al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat Allāh /1/ wa-ghufrānih Muḥammad Rizāʾ al-Tabrīzī /2/ ghafara dhunūbahu /3/ 980 /4/
2. Comment: In Arabic containing the name of the scribe and date of copying

1. Transliteration: tamām shud Kitāb-i Būstān bi-ʿawn Allāh /1/ wa-ḥusan tawfīqih 980 /2/
2. Comment: In Arabic, giving the date of completion as 980 AH / 1574 CE

Paper

Margins of multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper

Foliation: 155

21.5 cm wide by 32.0 cm high

10.0 cm wide by 17.5 cm high

1. Columns: 2
2. Codex contains two texts: the Gulistān in the main text area and the Būstān, written obliquely on three sides around the main text area

1. Codex contains two texts: the Gulistān in the main text area and the Būstān, written obliquely on three sides around the main text area

1. Title: Kitāb-i Gulistān
2. Author: Saʿdī
3. Scribe: Muḥammad Riz̤ā al-Tabrīzī
4. Incipit: منت خدايرا عز وجل كه...
5. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script in black and gold ink
6. Decoration note: Double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 2b-4a with folios 3a-3b blank); incipit page with illuminated titlepieces reading Kitāb-i Gulistān-i Shaykh-i Sa’dī in main titlepiece and Kitāb-i Būstan-i Shaykh-i Sa’dī in triangular sidepiece (fol. 4b)

1. Title: Kitāb-i Būstān
2. Author: Saʿdī
3. Scribe: Muḥammad Riz̤ā al-Tabrīzī
4. Incipit: بنام خداوندجان افرين...
5. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script in black and gold ink
6. Decoration note: Main text preceded by a triangular titlepiece inscribed with the title of the work: Kitāb-i Būstan-i Shaykh-i Saʿdī

Upper board inside:

1. 
2. Title: Doublure
3. Form: Doublure
4. Label: This doublure of brown leather has gold-painted filigree work on a multi-colored ground.
5. Comment:

   NB: As for manuscript part, this page belongs to both Kitāb-i Gulistān and Kitāb-i Būstan.

fol. 2b:

1. 
2. Title: Double-page illuminated frontispiece
3. Form: Frontispiece
4. Label: This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece decorated in gold and polychrome designs.
5. Comment:

   NB: As for manuscript part, this page belongs to both Kitāb-i Gulistān and Kitāb-i Būstan.

fol. 4b:

1. 
2. Title: Incipit page with illuminated titlepieces
3. Form: Incipit; titlepiece
4. Label: This illuminated incipit page bears two titles. In the main titlepiece is inscribed Kitāb-i Gulistān-i Shaykh-i Sa’dī, while Kitāb-i Būstan-i Shaykh-i Sa’dī appears in the triangular sidepiece.
5. Comment:

   NB: As for manuscript part, this page belongs to both Kitāb-i Gulistān and Kitāb-i Būstan.

The binding is original.

Leather binding (with flap); dentelle-style decorated boards; doublures of filigree work on a multi-colored ground of blue, green, red, and black

Old shelf mark on tail-edge: 4164

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara

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