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Source Description
This opening page from Walters manuscript W.559 is inscribed with the first sura of the Qur'an, Surat al-fatiha. The Qur'anic text is written in black naskh and the Persian interlinear translation is in red.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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79956
label
Incipit Page for Chapter 1 of the Qur'an
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Source metadata
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79956
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title
Incipit Page for Chapter 1 of the Qur'an
description
This opening page from Walters manuscript W.559 is inscribed with the first sura of the Qur'an, Surat al-fatiha. The Qur'anic text is written in black naskh and the Persian interlinear translation is in red.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
723 AH/AD 1323
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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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dimensions
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cm
width
18.5
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 5/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (18.5 x 13.5 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on dark cream laid Persian paper
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15699
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MIS
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2289
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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