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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.557 is the left side of a double-page incipit with the initial verses of chapter 1 (Surat al-baqarah), written in a decorative New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) style.
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Document identity
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77615
label
Left Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit
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object
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1
Source metadata
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77615
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object
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normalized
title
Left Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.557 is the left side of a double-page incipit with the initial verses of chapter 1 (Surat al-baqarah), written in a decorative New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) style.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan (reigned 1168 AH/AD 1754-1171 AH/AD 1757) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Erased seal of Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan and a waqf inscription by Ibrahim Hanif and his seal (fol. 1a)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Inscription in pencil: H(enry) W(alters) May 1897 direct from Constantinople (front flyleaf ia)]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century AH/AD 12th century
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CC0
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
34.5
height
20.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 1/16 in. (34.5 x 20.5 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on laid paper with chain lines that appear to be grouped in twos
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6747
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MIS
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186
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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