Title: Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad

Description

• This manuscript is a copy of the poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, which is popularly known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (The poem of the mantle). It was written by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (died 694 AH [1294 AD]). The poem has a takhmīs (amplification, or expansion of the poem) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmī. The amplification and the text of the Qaṣīdat al-burdah were written in Naskh and Thuluth scripts respectively by Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzī in 767 AH (1366 AD), probably for the Mawlawī (Mevlevi) Library in Konya, Turkey. The manuscript is written in a single column of 12 lines, with catchwords outside of the text frame added by a later hand. The illuminated title page includes a patronage statement. The manuscript is from the Walters Art Museum and is designated Walters W. 581.

Author

• Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd (1212-1294)

Contributor

• al-Fayyūmī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad

Transcriber

• al-Tabīzī, Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad

Language

• Arabic

Place

• Middle East and North Africa > Turkey > Konya

Time

• 500 CE - 1499 CE

Topic

• Religion > Other religions > Islam, Babism & Bahai Faith
• Literature > Other literatures > Afro-Asiatic literatures; Semitic literatures

Additional Subjects

• Arabic calligraphy;
• Arabic poetry;
• Illuminations;
• Islamic calligraphy;
• Islamic manuscripts;
• Muḥammad, Prophet, died 632;
• Poetry

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• Chain lines grouped in twos. Foliation: i + 27 + i. Dimensions: 18 centimeters wide by 27 centimeters high. Framing lines in blue, gold, and black

Institution

• Walters Art Museum