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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece, decorated with a large circular medallion (shamsah) surrounded by 4 roundels. The area within the frame and the margins contains explanations of the number of readings in various chapters according to various reciters.
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Document identity
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77874
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
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object
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1
Source metadata
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77874
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normalized
title
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece, decorated with a large circular medallion (shamsah) surrounded by 4 roundels. The area within the frame and the margins contains explanations of the number of readings in various chapters according to various reciters.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp on fol. 3a]; Sultan Bayezid II [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal on fol. 8a]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)
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CC0
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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
40
height
31
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/4 x W: 12 3/16 in. (40 x 31 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink, paint, and gold on thin laid paper
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2191
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MSS
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MIS
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2059
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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643c7f5581f95a15