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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.559 contains a colophon giving the name of the calligrapher Mubakshah ibn Qutb and the date of copying.
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Document identity
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79959
label
Colophon
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object
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Source metadata
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79959
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object
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normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.559 contains a colophon giving the name of the calligrapher Mubakshah ibn Qutb and the date of copying.
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
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
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
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] In Arabic
vocalized: katabahu al-faqīru ilá Allāhi ta 'ālá /1/ Mubākshāhu ibn Qutbin ghafara Allāhu /2/ dhunūbahumā wa-satara 'uyūbahumā fī Sha'bāni /3/ sanata thalāth wa-'ishrīna wa-sab'a mi'atin /4/ hāmidan li-Llāhi ta'ālá 'alá ni'amihi wa-musalliyan /5/ 'alá nabīyihi Muhammadin wa-ālihi al-ghurari al-kirāmi /6/ al-tayyibīna al-tāhirīna wa-musalliman taslīman /7/
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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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1
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0
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photo
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17c3643314ca5571