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Source Description
The left side of this double-page illustrated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.631 depicts Queen Sheba (Bilqis) enthroned. She is surrounded by attendants and animals, both real and fantastic. Above her is a flying mythical bird (simurgh).
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Document identity
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80908
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Left Side of a Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece Depicting Queen Sheba (Bilqis) Enthroned
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Source metadata
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80908
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title
Left Side of a Double-page Illustrated Frontispiece Depicting Queen Sheba (Bilqis) Enthroned
description
The left side of this double-page illustrated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.631 depicts Queen Sheba (Bilqis) enthroned. She is surrounded by attendants and animals, both real and fantastic. Above her is a flying mythical bird (simurgh).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid)
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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cm
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22
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13
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H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22 x 13 cm)
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Islamic
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Safavid Dynasty
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ink and pigments on laid paper
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15730
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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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