Keywords: Muhammad ibn Ahmad `Assar Tabrizi - King Shahpur and His Vizier, Dastur, Visit a Hermit - Walters W62717B - Full Page.jpg On this folio from Walters manuscript W 627 King Shahpur and his vizier Dastur are depicted kissing the hand and foot of a hermit Such gestures show deep respect for the wise man who has renounced the material world islamic 1476 881 ink and pigments on laid Persian laid paper cm 20 5 12 accession number W 627 17B 26531 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown bookplate Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters after 1894 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Mihr and Mushtari by Muhammad 'Assar Walters MS 627 Hermits in art Kissing Bavaria |