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This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.625 with inscriptions in decorated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style of the 1st book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi).

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Document identity
localId
80033
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80033
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
description
This is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.625 with inscriptions in decorated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style of the 1st book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
865 AH/AD 1461
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.5
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (24.5 x 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
creator_ids
15728
15727
collection_ids
ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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