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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with an inscription in the cartouches in gold reading: innahu la-Qur'an karim ... nazil min rabb al-'alamin (Chapter 56 [Surat al-waqi'ah], verses 77-80). Written in the margins is the phrase alayhim andhartahum am lam tunzirhum (Chapter 2 [Surat al-baqarah], verse 6) in the transmission (riwayat) of Qalun, written obliquely and repeated 18 times.
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Document identity
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79064
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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79064
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object
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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 with an inscription in the cartouches in gold reading: innahu la-Qur'an karim ... nazil min rabb al-'alamin (Chapter 56 [Surat al-waqi'ah], verses 77-80). Written in the margins is the phrase alayhim andhartahum am lam tunzirhum (Chapter 2 [Surat al-baqarah], verse 6) in the transmission (riwayat) of Qalun, written obliquely and repeated 18 times.
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)
citationUrl
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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
40
height
31
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/4 x W: 12 3/16 in. (40 x 31 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper
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2191
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MIS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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