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Source Description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.631 has a titlepiece inscribed with the title Divan-i Hafiz in white Nasta"liq script. It is also decorated with interlinear illumination and a heading with polychrome decoration. There is an erased seal at the right.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
80909
label
Illuminated Incipit Page with Titlepiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80909
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit Page with Titlepiece
description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.631 has a titlepiece inscribed with the title Divan-i Hafiz in white Nasta"liq script. It is also decorated with interlinear illumination and a heading with polychrome decoration. There is an erased seal at the right.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22
height
13
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22 x 13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
15730
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
95d7ed8a595034bf