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Source Description
This text folio page from Walters manuscript W.559 is the beginning of Surat al-baqarah. The black Naskh is the Qur'anic text and the text in red is the interlinear Persian translation.
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Document identity
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79957
label
Initial Verses of Chapter 2 of the Qur'an
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Source metadata
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79957
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title
Initial Verses of Chapter 2 of the Qur'an
description
This text folio page from Walters manuscript W.559 is the beginning of Surat al-baqarah. The black Naskh is the Qur'anic text and the text in red is the interlinear Persian translation.
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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cm
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18.5
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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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none
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photo
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