The Digital Walters

W.582, Poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Abstract

This is an illuminated copy of the famous poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, popularly known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (Poem of the mantle), composed by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE). The text was written in a variety of scripts in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. According to the colophon, written in riqāʿ script, it was executed by Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muḥammad al-Khwārizmī. The text of the poem begins on fol. 5b. Each page has borders of various colors with illuminated floral and geometric motifs. The borders and brown leather binding date to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE.

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Persistent URLs (PURLs)

The following URLs are assured to route to the named resources. For more information see the ReadMe file.

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582/browse

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582/TEI

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582/description

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582/data

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