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Binding from Qur'an

10th century AH/AD 16th century (?)

13.5 cm 18.5 cm

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Walters manuscript W.559 is bound in a non-contemporary binding that probably dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. It is composed of black goatskin (with a flap), and has a gold-tooled central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces decorated with a floral and vine motif. T...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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