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Marvels of the World   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/AD 1461-1462)
Title
Marvels of the World
Description
English: 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/AD 1461-1462). The text was copied in Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) in 1022 AH/AD 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/AD 17th. The present binding is not original to the manuscript.
Date 1613 AD (1022 AH) (Safavid dynasty
era QS:P2348,Q161205
)
Medium ink and pigments on thick paper covered with light olive leather
Dimensions Folio height: 5.8 cm (2.2 in); width: 17 cm (6.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,17U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.652
Place of creation Herat, Afghanistan
Object history
  • Husayn, 1305 AH/AD 1887-1888, by purchase [for 310 tomans]
  • Asghar 'Ali, 1305 AH/AD 1887, 1888, by gift [acquired for Asghar 'Ali by his father Husayn for 310 tomans, dated 1305 AH/AD 1887-1888, see fol. 1b]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history Elephants. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987-1988. Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 2002.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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