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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum MS W.582
Descriptive Title Poem in honor oI the Prophet Muhammad
Work Qasdat al-Burdah
Author(s) al-Bsr (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE)
Date 11th century AH / 17th CE
Origin Iran
Abstract This manuscript is a beautiIully calligraphed and illuminated
small codex containing the Iamous poem in honor oI the
prophet Muhammad. popularly known as Qasdat al-Burdah
('The poem oI the mantle'). composed by SharaI al-Dn
Muhammad al-Bsr (d. 694 AH / 1294 CE) and executed
in a number oI scripts. probably in Iran. by Habb Allh ibn
Dst Muhammad al-Khwrizm in the 11th century AH / 17th
CE.
Scribe(s) Habb Allh ibn Dst Muhammad al-Khuwrizm
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Support Support material: paper
Cream. glazed paper Ior main panel; multi-colored paper
Ior inlaid margins. which are decorated with Iloral and
geometrical designs. the latter in the Iorm oI stamp-like
pendants
Foliation ii23ii
Dimensions 16.5 cm wide by 25.0 cm high
Written surface 6.5 cm wide by 13.0 cm high
Binding Binding is not original.
Red morocco (with Ilap); central lobed oval with pendants
and corner pieces as main decoration; doublures oI black
leather with central lobed oval and pendants brushed over
with gilt; probably later (contemporary with the inlaid
margins). 12th century AH / 18th CE)
This document is a digital Iacsimile oI a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum. in
Baltimore. Maryland. in the United States. It is one oI a number oI manuscripts that have been
digitized as part oI a proiect generously Iunded by the National Endowment Ior the Humanities.
and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at
the Walters can be Iound by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For
Iurther inIormation about this book. and online resources Ior Walters manuscripts. please contact
us through the Walters Website by email. and ask Ior your message to be directed to the Department
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Published 2009
A digital Iacsimile oI Walters MS W.582.
Poem in honor oI the Prophet Muhammad
Title: Qasdat al-Burdah
Published by: The Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street Baltimore. MD 21201
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