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Source Description
The top and bottom panels of this illuminated finispiece from Walters manuscript W.578 are inscribed with the basmalah and hamdalah in white Thuluth script. The Qur'anic verses in the central panel are written in Square Kufic.
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Document identity
localId
80025
label
Illuminated Finispiece with Doxological Formulae and Qur'anic Inscriptions
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object
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1
Source metadata
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80025
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object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Finispiece with Doxological Formulae and Qur'anic Inscriptions
description
The top and bottom panels of this illuminated finispiece from Walters manuscript W.578 are inscribed with the basmalah and hamdalah in white Thuluth script. The Qur'anic verses in the central panel are written in Square Kufic.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan III, son of Mustafa II (reigned 1168-1171 AH/AD 1754-1757) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf entry in the name of the Sultan signed by Ibrahim Hanif, inspector of awqaf on fol. 2a and seals of the Sultan and the inspector erased]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.5
height
21.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 3/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (31.5 x 21.5 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on gold-sprinkled paper and tan tinted paper
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16852
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MSS
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MIS
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186
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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21e182013550e30e