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Source Description
This black leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, Walters W.641, has a stamped central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces, all covered with cloudband motifs.The red doublure, also original to the manuscript, is decorated with a central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces decorated with filigree work on a blue ground. A strip of marbled paper is present at the hinge.
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Document identity
localId
80129
label
Binding from Selection of Poems
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80129
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Selection of Poems
description
This black leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, Walters W.641, has a stamped central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces, all covered with cloudband motifs.The red doublure, also original to the manuscript, is decorated with a central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces decorated with filigree work on a blue ground. A strip of marbled paper is present at the hinge.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman (reigned 1027 AH/AD 1618-1031 AH/AD 1622) (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased waqf-seal and waqf-registration statement probably belonging to the Sultan on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
899 AH/AD 1493-1494 (Timurid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bindings
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17
height
11.5
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 6 11/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (17 x 11.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
black leather
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3496
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
2730
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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