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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 is penned in nasta'liq script.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3809
label
Text Page from the Story of Laylá and Majnun
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
3809
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Text Page from the Story of Laylá and Majnun
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 is penned in nasta'liq script.
provenance
Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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18135
18134
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MIS
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579
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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