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title: Page from the Masnavi
author: Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12258/page-from-the-masnavi/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Page from the Masnavi
_Authored by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12258.jpg)
## Image Caption
Collection of poems (masnavi), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.625, fol. 51b A leaf from an elegantly calligraphed and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d.672 AH / 1273 CE). This codex was penned by Aḥmad ibn Ḥājjī Abī Bakr al-Kātib in 865 AH / 1461 CE.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Manuscripts, W. A. M. I. (2020, May 18). Page from the Masnavi. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Manuscripts, Walters Art Museum Illuminated. "Page from the Masnavi." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 18, 2020. .
### MLA
Manuscripts, Walters Art Museum Illuminated. "Page from the Masnavi." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 May 2020, .
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