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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.649 is an illuminated incipit page with a headpiece that bears the basmalah in the lower rectangle.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
80052
label
Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80052
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.649 is an illuminated incipit page with a headpiece that bears the basmalah in the lower rectangle.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1068 AH/AD 1657 (Safavid; Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
14.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
16860
16859
16858
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
974b656d351cffce