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Source Description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.556 has a headpiece with an inscription in an Early Abbasid (Kufic) script that is now illegible due to damage. The headpiece is of geometric design in gold, white, and blue with a palmette medallion in the margin. The palmette has been cropped due to a later trimming of the manuscript.
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Document identity
localId
79952
label
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
79952
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.556 has a headpiece with an inscription in an Early Abbasid (Kufic) script that is now illegible due to damage. The headpiece is of geometric design in gold, white, and blue with a palmette medallion in the margin. The palmette has been cropped due to a later trimming of the manuscript.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century AH/AD 12th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 5/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (16 x 15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on parchment
creator_ids
15527
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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b102eaf5400a04cf