Keywords: Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib - Illuminated Preface to the Fourth Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi) - Walters W625156A - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 625 is the left side of a double-page illuminated preface written in Arabic to the 4th book daftar of the Collection of poems Masnavi-i ma'navi The text is written in gold Tawqi script The text area is framed by a border of gilt and polychrome decoration on a blue ground islamic 1461 865 ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper cm 24 5 16 accession number W 625 156A 77719 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Rumi Poems Walters MS 625 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |