File:Illuminated Manuscript, Collection of poems (masnavi), The husband of a greedy woman weighs the cat that supposedly ate all the meat that he bought for his guests, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.626, fol. 255a (5758108397).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionIlluminated Manuscript, Collection of poems (masnavi), The husband of a greedy woman weighs the cat that supposedly ate all the meat that he bought for his guests, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.626, fol. 255a (5758108397).jpg | This is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672 AH / 1273 CE). According to the colophon (fol. 314b), the text, written in black nastaʿlīq script, was completed in India in 1073 AH / 1663 CE. Each section of the work is introduced by a double-page illuminated incipit containing a preface in prose, followed by two illustrations and an illuminated incipit page for the masnavi. In total, fifty paintings illustrate the text. The green leather binding is modern. |
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