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Source Description
This leaf, Walters W.679, is the back of an illustration of the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Ka'bah from the 11th century AH/AD 17th. It is an illuminated text page written in Nasta'liq script with a colophon dated 798 AH/AD 1396 by Abu Sa'id al-Husayni.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10698
label
Text Page with Colophon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10698
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Text Page with Colophon
description
This leaf, Walters W.679, is the back of an illustration of the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Ka'bah from the 11th century AH/AD 17th. It is an illuminated text page written in Nasta'liq script with a colophon dated 798 AH/AD 1396 by Abu Sa'id al-Husayni.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (25 x 15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on paper
creator_ids
19415
2431
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
579
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a31e0c4e8e8638f5