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This is the final illuminated page in the codex, Walters W.582. The last panel contains the colophon, written in Riqa' script, giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi.

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Document identity
localId
79634
label
Illuminated Explicit Page with Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79634
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Explicit Page with Colophon
description
This is the final illuminated page in the codex, Walters W.582. The last panel contains the colophon, written in Riqa' script, giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi.
provenance
[Two erased large seals on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.5
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] mashaqahu al-'abd al-mudhnib/1/ al-rājī ilá rahmat rabbih al-ghanī /2/ Habīb Allāh ibn Dūst Muhammad /3/ al-Khwārizmī ghafara dhunūbahumā /4/ wa-satara 'uyūbahumā bi-hurmat al-nabī /5/ wa-<ā>lih wa-sahbih wa-sallama h (= intahá) /6/
med
ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins
creator_ids
16539
16535
collection_ids
ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
f5a9f8d70894ab0e