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Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 154a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. BahrÄm GÅ«r in the yellow pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. BahrÄm GÅ«r in the yellow pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript Argolikos (Anaboli) Bay and Peloponnese (Morea, Mora) peninsula , from Book on Navigat

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript The Peloponnese (Morea, Mora) peninsula with the island of Kythira (Cerigo, Òªoke) and

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript Turkish version of Sindbadnama, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.662, fol. 24b

Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. Folio from an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (SindbÄdnÄmah) made from the Persian by Ê¿AbdÃ¼lkerÄ«m bin Muá¸¥ammed during the reign of Sultan Sulayman (Soliman) (reg.926 AH / 1520 CE - 974 AH / 1566 CE) and entitled Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. This anonymous copy contains six illustrations made in the 10th century AH /16th CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=35391. Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. Folio from an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (SindbÄdnÄmah) made from the Persian by Ê¿AbdÃ¼lkerÄ«m bin Muá¸¥ammed during the reign of Sultan Sulayman (Soliman) (reg.926 AH / 1520 CE - 974 AH / 1566 CE) and entitled Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. This anonymous copy contains six illustrations made in the 10th century AH /16th CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=35391

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 33b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the story of Khusraw va ShÄ«rÄ«n. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the story of Khusraw va ShÄ«rÄ«n. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript Small islands in the region of Naxos (Naá¸³ÅŸe) and Amorgos (Yamurgi) in the southeast

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript The Methana (MutÅ«n) fortress in the Saronikos (Aiyina) Bay, from Book on Navigation, W

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript, The island of Andros (Andre, Andra) in the northern Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation, Walters

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Having opened the gates of the MurghÄ«nÄn fortress, Ê¿AlÄ« DÅ«st á¹¬aghÄyÄ« is paying homage to Babur, from Illuminated manuscri

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Collection of poems (divan), Double-page illustrated frontispiece depicting a court scene, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.628

This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript copy of the Collection of poems (dÄ«vÄn) by Shams al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤Äfiz al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). It was written in black nastaâ€˜lÄ«q script with chapter/section headings in gold ink by Zayn al-â€˜Ä€bidÄ«n â€˜Abd al-Raá¸¥mÄn al-JÄmÄ« in 918 AH / 1512 CE in Safavid Iran. The manuscript opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a). The text begins with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 2b). There are three additional illustrations (fols. 24a, 49b, and 87a). The red leather binding, which is not original and may be attributed to late twelfth-century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth-century AH / nineteenth CE Turkey, has a scalloped medallion with gold-tooled decoration and borders. This is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece, showing a falconer and four other attendants waiting in an outside courtyard. This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript copy of the Collection of poems (dÄ«vÄn) by Shams al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤Äfiz al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE). It was written in black nastaâ€˜lÄ«q script with chapter/section headings in gold ink by Zayn al-â€˜Ä€bidÄ«n â€˜Abd al-Raá¸¥mÄn al-JÄmÄ« in 918 AH / 1512 CE in Safavid Iran. The manuscript opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a). The text begins with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 2b). There are three additional illustrations (fols. 24a, 49b, and 87a). The red leather binding, which is not original and may be attributed to late twelfth-century AH / eighteenth CE or thirteenth-century AH / nineteenth CE Turkey, has a scalloped medallion with gold-tooled decoration and borders. This is the left side of a double-page illustrated frontispiece, showing a falconer and four other attendants waiting in an outside courtyard.

Illuminated Manuscript The island of Naxos (Naá¸³ÅŸe) in the southeastern Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation, Walters

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Burning and melting, Prince DÄniyÄl accompanies the young Hindu girl to the funeral pyre, Walters Manuscript W.649, fol. 17b

Emperor Akbar eventually permits the young Hindu girl to practice sati (self-immolation). Akbar's son, Prince DÄniyÄl, accompanies the woman to the funeral pyre. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem SÅ«z va gudÄz ('Burning and melting') by NawÊ¿Ä« KhabÅ«shÄnÄ« (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid MurÄd al-á¸¤usaynÄ« and illustrated by Muá¸¥ammad Ê¿AlÄ« MashhadÄ« in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391. Emperor Akbar eventually permits the young Hindu girl to practice sati (self-immolation). Akbar's son, Prince DÄniyÄl, accompanies the woman to the funeral pyre. An elegantly calligraphed, illuminated and illustrated copy of the poem SÅ«z va gudÄz ('Burning and melting') by NawÊ¿Ä« KhabÅ«shÄnÄ« (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) which recounts the love story of a Hindu girl who decides to burn herself on the pyre of her betrothed killed accidentally just before their marriage. The present codex was penned by Ibn Sayyid MurÄd al-á¸¤usaynÄ« and illustrated by Muá¸¥ammad Ê¿AlÄ« MashhadÄ« in 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391

Babur confronts his enemies in the mountains of KharÄbÅ«k and PashÄmÅ«n, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama (Memoirs of

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 261b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the IqbÄlnÄmah, which is the second part of IskandarnÄmah. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This illuminated incipit page introduces the IqbÄlnÄmah, which is the second part of IskandarnÄmah. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript Argolikos (Anaboli) Bay, from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.122b

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated incipit page with a headpiece containing a cartouche with the inscription in white ink DÄ«vÄn-i á¸¤Äfiáº“ from Colle

An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (DÄ«vÄn) by Shams al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤Äfiz al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaÊ¿lÄ«q hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560. An anonymous decorated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (DÄ«vÄn) by Shams al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤Äfiz al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« who flourished in the 7th AH / 14th CE century. The present copy, containing four miniatures, was penned in an elegant nastaÊ¿lÄ«q hand in 946 AH / 1539 CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19560

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 168a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. BahrÄm GÅ«r in the white pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. BahrÄm GÅ«r in the white pavilion. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Five poems (quintet), Tayyib and Tahir at a party with their rescuers in European attire, Walters Manuscript W.666, fol.

This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the á¸ªamse (quintet) of the Ottoman Turkish poet and scholar Ê¿Aá¹ÄÊ¾ullÄh bin Yaá¸¥yÃ¡ Ê¿Aá¹ÄÊ¾Ä« (d. 1044 AH / 1634 CE). Although different in content, this work takes its inspiration from the famous Persian Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE) and the Khamsah of AmÄ«r Khusraw DihlavÄ« (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). This Ottoman copy of Ê¿Aá¹ÄÊ¾Ä«'s work ends with a portion of his DÄ«vÄn (fols. 142b-151b) instead of the fifth poem (mesnevi), á¸¤ilyet Ã¼l-efkÄr. The text, written in nastaÊ¿lÄ«q script, was copied by á¸ªeyrullah á¸ªeyrÄ« Ã‡ÄvuÅŸzade in 1133 AH / 1721 CE. There are thirty-eight illustrations, and illuminated incipits introduce the different poems (fols. 1b, 22b, 63b, 107b, and 142b). The brown leather binding is original to the manuscript. This is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the á¸ªamse (quintet) of the Ottoman Turkish poet and scholar Ê¿Aá¹ÄÊ¾ullÄh bin Yaá¸¥yÃ¡ Ê¿Aá¹ÄÊ¾Ä« (d. 1044 AH / 1634 CE). Although different in content, this work takes its inspiration from the famous Persian Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d. 605 AH / 1209 CE) and the Khamsah of AmÄ«r Khusraw DihlavÄ« (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). This Ottoman copy of Ê¿Aá¹ÄÊ¾Ä«'s work ends with a portion of his DÄ«vÄn (fols. 142b-151b) instead of the fifth poem (mesnevi), á¸¤ilyet Ã¼l-efkÄr. The text, written in nastaÊ¿lÄ«q script, was copied by á¸ªeyrullah á¸ªeyrÄ« Ã‡ÄvuÅŸzade in 1133 AH / 1721 CE. There are thirty-eight illustrations, and illuminated incipits introduce the different poems (fols. 1b, 22b, 63b, 107b, and 142b). The brown leather binding is original to the manuscript.

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 119b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This illuminated incipit page with headpiece begins the Haft paykar. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This illuminated incipit page with headpiece begins the Haft paykar. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript of Five Poems (Quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.605, fol. 277a

An elegant copy of the "Quintet" (Khamsah) of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) penned by AbÅ« Bakr ShÄh ibn á¸¤asan ibn Ê¿AlÄ« al-ShahrastÄnÄ« and illuminated by JamÄl al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¸¥ammad al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« between 892 AH / 1486 CE and 900 AH / 1494-05 CE. The page depicts Khusraw asking pardon from ShÄ«rÄ«n. An elegant copy of the "Quintet" (Khamsah) of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) penned by AbÅ« Bakr ShÄh ibn á¸¤asan ibn Ê¿AlÄ« al-ShahrastÄnÄ« and illuminated by JamÄl al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¸¥ammad al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« between 892 AH / 1486 CE and 900 AH / 1494-05 CE. The page depicts Khusraw asking pardon from ShÄ«rÄ«n.

Illuminated Manuscript Khamsa, Walters Art Museum Ms. 609, fol. 2a

The second half of a beautifully illuminated double-page decoration containing two small medallions with inscription in white on blue background giving the name of the illuminator. The second half of a beautifully illuminated double-page decoration containing two small medallions with inscription in white on blue background giving the name of the illuminator.

Illuminated Manuscript of Five Poems (Quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.605, fol. 292a

An elegant copy of the "Quintet" (Khamsah) of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) penned by AbÅ« Bakr ShÄh ibn á¸¤asan ibn Ê¿AlÄ« al-ShahrastÄnÄ« and illuminated by JamÄl al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¸¥ammad al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« between 892 AH / 1486 CE and 900 AH / 1494-05 CE. .BahrÄm GÅ«r in the green pavilion. An elegant copy of the "Quintet" (Khamsah) of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) penned by AbÅ« Bakr ShÄh ibn á¸¤asan ibn Ê¿AlÄ« al-ShahrastÄnÄ« and illuminated by JamÄl al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¸¥ammad al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« between 892 AH / 1486 CE and 900 AH / 1494-05 CE. .BahrÄm GÅ«r in the green pavilion.

Animals of Hindustan small deer and cows called gÄ«nÄ«, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur), Walter

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 180b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. Incipit page with an illuminated headpiece introducing SharafnÄmah (the first part of IskandarnÄmah). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. Incipit page with an illuminated headpiece introducing SharafnÄmah (the first part of IskandarnÄmah). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 2a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This is the left side of an illuminated double-page opening initiating the poem Makhzan-i asrÄr. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This is the left side of an illuminated double-page opening initiating the poem Makhzan-i asrÄr. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript The Islands of Zakynthos (ZÄkÄ«se), Kefalonia (Kefallinia, KafÄlÅ«nye) and Lefkada &

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 110a

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. ShÄ«rÅ«yah stabbing Khusraw, his father. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. ShÄ«rÅ«yah stabbing Khusraw, his father. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript The islands of Delos and Rineia west of Mykonos island in the Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation, Walters

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

An awards ceremony in the Sultan IbrÄhÄ«mâ€™s court before being sent on an expedition to Sambhal, from Illuminated manuscript Ba

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Five poems (quintet), Illuminated frontispiece with shamsah, Walters Manuscript W.624, fol. 1a

This is a deluxe copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of AmÄ«r Khusraw DihlavÄ« (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). The manuscript was written in nastaÊ¿lÄ«q script by one of the greatest calligraphers of the Mughal atelier, Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤usayn al-KashmÄ«rÄ«, honored with the epithet ZarrÄ«n Qalam (golden pen). This copy of DihlavÄ«'s Khamsah, likely produced in Lahore (present-day Pakistan) in the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, is associated with the patronage of Akbar (r. 963-1014 AH / 1556-1605 CE). The manuscript bears the names of a number of painters and illuminators. The illustrations bear ascriptions to the following artists: LaÊ¿l (LÄl), ManÅ«har, SÄnwalah, Farrukh, AlÄ«qulÄ«, DharamdÄs, Narsing, JagannÄth, MiskÄ«nÄ, Mukund, and SÅ«rdÄs GujarÄtÄ«. The illuminators are á¸¤usayn NaqqÄsh, Maná¹£Å«r NaqqÄsh, KhvÄjah JÄn ShÄ«rÄzÄ«, and Luá¹f AllÄh Muáº•ahhib. The borders are all elaborately illuminated with animal, bird, and geometric motifs, as well as human figures engaged in such activities as hunting, praying, and reading. The lacquer binding, decorated with pictorial scenes, is contemporary with the manuscript. Eight leaves from this copy of the Khamsah of DihlavÄ« are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (13.228.26-33). This illuminated frontispiece has a central twelve-pointed star (shamsah). The page is further decorated with floral motifs executed in gold. There are five seals. This is a deluxe copy of the Khamsah (quintet) of AmÄ«r Khusraw DihlavÄ« (d. 725 AH / 1325 CE). The manuscript was written in nastaÊ¿lÄ«q script by one of the greatest calligraphers of the Mughal atelier, Muá¸¥ammad á¸¤usayn al-KashmÄ«rÄ«, honored with the epithet ZarrÄ«n Qalam (golden pen). This copy of DihlavÄ«'s Khamsah, likely produced in Lahore (present-day Pakistan) in the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE, is associated with the patronage of Akbar (r. 963-1014 AH / 1556-1605 CE). The manuscript bears the names of a number of painters and illuminators. The illustrations bear ascriptions to the following artists: LaÊ¿l (LÄl), ManÅ«har, SÄnwalah, Farrukh, AlÄ«qulÄ«, DharamdÄs, Narsing, JagannÄth, MiskÄ«nÄ, Mukund, and SÅ«rdÄs GujarÄtÄ«. The illuminators are á¸¤usayn NaqqÄsh, Maná¹£Å«r NaqqÄsh, KhvÄjah JÄn ShÄ«rÄzÄ«, and Luá¹f AllÄh Muáº•ahhib. The borders are all elaborately illuminated with animal, bird, and geometric motifs, as well as human figures engaged in such activities as hunting, praying, and reading. The lacquer binding, decorated with pictorial scenes, is contemporary with the manuscript. Eight leaves from this copy of the Khamsah of DihlavÄ« are housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (13.228.26-33). This illuminated frontispiece has a central twelve-pointed star (shamsah). The page is further decorated with floral motifs executed in gold. There are five seals.

Five poems (quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.607, fol. 1b

This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This is the right side of a double-page illuminated opening for the first poem KitÄb-i Makhzan-i asrÄr. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718. This is an illustrated copy of four of the five poems that comprise the Khamsah of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE). It does not include LaylÃ¡ va MajnÅ«n. The text was copied by a certain YÄdkÄr the Calligrapher (al-KÄtib) in 935 AH / 1529 CE, most probably in Safavid Iran. An illuminated double-page composition opens the manuscript and each poem is initiated with a decorative headpiece. The miniatures appear to have been repainted at some point in the manuscriptâ€™s history. Their date and provenance are open to question. The textblock is bound in late Zand lacquer covers with scenes depicting BahrÄm GÅ«r hunting and Khusraw watching ShÄ«rÄ«n bathing. This is the right side of a double-page illuminated opening for the first poem KitÄb-i Makhzan-i asrÄr. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=17718

Illuminated Manuscript Tinos (Ä°stendil) island in the Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.65

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript Messiniakos Bay (Bay of Messini), fr, om Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.12

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Manuscript Book on Logic, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.591, fol. 78a

The present work is a supergloss on the gloss (á¸¥Äshiyah) by al-Sayyid al-SharÄ«f al-JurjÄnÄ« (d.816 AH / 1413 CE) on the LawÄmiÊ¿ al-asrÄr by Qutb al-DÄ«n al-Taá¸¥tÄnÄ« al-RÄzÄ« (d.766 AH / 1364 CE), being in turn a commentary on a book of logic entitled Maá¹ÄliÊ¿ al-anwÄr by SirÄj al-DÄ«n Maá¸¥mÅ«d al-UrmawÄ« (d.682 AH / 1283 CE). Written for the library of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, it was executed in Bursa in 918 AH / 1512 CE, the year of his accession to the throne. It is very likely that the scribe is also the author of this work. This folio contains the end of the text and the colophon. Virtually turn the pages of this manuscript on Walters Ex Libris: manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.591#page/176/m. The present work is a supergloss on the gloss (á¸¥Äshiyah) by al-Sayyid al-SharÄ«f al-JurjÄnÄ« (d.816 AH / 1413 CE) on the LawÄmiÊ¿ al-asrÄr by Qutb al-DÄ«n al-Taá¸¥tÄnÄ« al-RÄzÄ« (d.766 AH / 1364 CE), being in turn a commentary on a book of logic entitled Maá¹ÄliÊ¿ al-anwÄr by SirÄj al-DÄ«n Maá¸¥mÅ«d al-UrmawÄ« (d.682 AH / 1283 CE). Written for the library of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, it was executed in Bursa in 918 AH / 1512 CE, the year of his accession to the throne. It is very likely that the scribe is also the author of this work. This folio contains the end of the text and the colophon. Virtually turn the pages of this manuscript on Walters Ex Libris: manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.591#page/176/m...

Illuminated Manuscript Mykonos island in the Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.658, fol.116a

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript The Island of Amorgos (Yamurgi, Yamorki) in the southeastern Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript Turkish version of Sindbadnama, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.662, fol. 33a

Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. Folio from an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (SindbÄdnÄmah) made from the Persian by Ê¿AbdÃ¼lkerÄ«m bin Muá¸¥ammed during the reign of Sultan Sulayman (Soliman) (reg.926 AH / 1520 CE - 974 AH / 1566 CE) and entitled Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. This anonymous copy contains six illustrations made in the 10th century AH /16th CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=35391. Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. Folio from an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (SindbÄdnÄmah) made from the Persian by Ê¿AbdÃ¼lkerÄ«m bin Muá¸¥ammed during the reign of Sultan Sulayman (Soliman) (reg.926 AH / 1520 CE - 974 AH / 1566 CE) and entitled Tuá¸¥fet Ã¼l-aá¸«yÄr. This anonymous copy contains six illustrations made in the 10th century AH /16th CE. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=35391

Illuminated Manuscript of Five Poems (Quintet), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.605, fol. 315b

An elegant copy of the "Quintet" (Khamsah) of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) penned by AbÅ« Bakr ShÄh ibn á¸¤asan ibn Ê¿AlÄ« al-ShahrastÄnÄ« and illuminated by JamÄl al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¸¥ammad al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« between 892 AH / 1486 CE and 900 AH / 1494-05 CE. An elegant copy of the "Quintet" (Khamsah) of Niáº“ÄmÄ« GanjavÄ« (d.605 AH / 1209 CE) penned by AbÅ« Bakr ShÄh ibn á¸¤asan ibn Ê¿AlÄ« al-ShahrastÄnÄ« and illuminated by JamÄl al-DÄ«n ibn Muá¸¥ammad al-á¹¢iddÄ«qÄ« al-Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« between 892 AH / 1486 CE and 900 AH / 1494-05 CE.

The final phase of the battle of Kandahar on the side of the Murghan mountain, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama (Memoirs

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Illuminated Manuscript Two small islands between Amorgos (Yamurgi) and Cos (Stancho, Ä°stankÃ¶y) in the easter

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Babur, during his second Hindustan campaign, riding a raft from Kunar back to Atar, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama (Me

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Illuminated Manuscript Nisyros (InÇ§irlÃ¼) island south of Cos (Stancho, Ä°stankÃ¶y) island in the eastern Aeg

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃƒÂ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃƒÂ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript The stretch of water between the Peloponnese (Morea, Mora) peninsula and the Island of Crete wit

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript Koran, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.853.I, fol. 462a

Leaf from volume one (s.1-18) of a decorated two volume set of the Koran (Qur'an) produced in sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th AH / 19th CE century. Written in SÅ«dÄnÄ« script on loose leaves, this manuscript is enclosed in two decorated covers and a leather pouch (satchel). See more manuscripts page by page at the Walters Art Museum Website: art.thewalters.org/browsecollections.aspx. Leaf from volume one (s.1-18) of a decorated two volume set of the Koran (Qur'an) produced in sub-Saharan (West) Africa in the 13th AH / 19th CE century. Written in SÅ«dÄnÄ« script on loose leaves, this manuscript is enclosed in two decorated covers and a leather pouch (satchel). See more manuscripts page by page at the Walters Art Museum Website: art.thewalters.org/browsecollections.aspx

The inhabitants of Osh (Åªsh) drive the enemy out with sticks and clubs and hold the town for Babur, from Illuminated ma

Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759. Written originally in Chaghatay Turkish and later translated into Persian, BÄburnÄmah is the story of a Timurid ruler of Fergana (Central Asia), áº’ahÄ«r al-DÄ«n Muá¸¥ammad BÄbur (866 AH /1483 CE - 937 AH / 1530 CE), who conquered northern India and established the Mughal Empire. The present codex, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=1759

Illuminated Manuscript The island of Syros (Sire) in the Aegean Sea, from Book on Navigation, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.6

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

Illuminated Manuscript, Cologne Psalter-Hours, Binding, Walters Manuscript W.41, Lower board outside

This Psalter-Hours was made for a Franciscan community in Cologne, Germany, in the late thirteenth century. It is especially notable for its large program of illuminations, which includes roundels in the calendar depicting the labors of the month, two full-page miniatures, fourteen historiated initials, and grotesques perched upon the top of bar borders throughout. It is identical in style to Baltimore, Walters Ms. W.111, and both are related to the style of LiÃ¨ge manuscripts of the 1280s-90s. They are also considered to be stylistic precursors of works by Johannes von Valkenburg, such as two graduals he created for Franciscans in Cologne in 1299 (Cologne, DiÃ¶zesan Bibliothek Ms. 1B and Bonn, UniversitÃ¤tsbibliothek Ms. 384). All manuscript images and descriptions were created and are provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2014. Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on the Digital Walters at thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W41 For a digital â€œturning the pagesâ€ presentation of this manuscript and downloadable PDFs, visit the Walters Art Museumâ€™s Works of Art Web site at art.thewalters.org/detail/13885/cologne-psalter-hours. This Psalter-Hours was made for a Franciscan community in Cologne, Germany, in the late thirteenth century. It is especially notable for its large program of illuminations, which includes roundels in the calendar depicting the labors of the month, two full-page miniatures, fourteen historiated initials, and grotesques perched upon the top of bar borders throughout. It is identical in style to Baltimore, Walters Ms. W.111, and both are related to the style of LiÃ¨ge manuscripts of the 1280s-90s. They are also considered to be stylistic precursors of works by Johannes von Valkenburg, such as two graduals he created for Franciscans in Cologne in 1299 (Cologne, DiÃ¶zesan Bibliothek Ms. 1B and Bonn, UniversitÃ¤tsbibliothek Ms. 384). All manuscript images and descriptions were created and are provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2014. Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on the Digital Walters at thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W41 For a digital â€œturning the pagesâ€ presentation of this manuscript and downloadable PDFs, visit the Walters Art Museumâ€™s Works of Art Web site at art.thewalters.org/detail/13885/cologne-psalter-hours

Illuminated Manuscript The Cyclades (Kikladhes) islands between the Peloponnese (Morea, Mora) peninsula and Cr

Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195. Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan SÃ¼leyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a). See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=19195

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