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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is executed in Kufic script. Already in the 9th century, the rectilinear Kufic script seen on this page began to be replaced by a more cursive "font" called the New Abbasid style. The Abbasids were an early Islamic dynasty that ruled from AD 750-1258. The first center of political, economic and cultural life for the Abbasids was Baghdad, the circular City of Peace (madinat al-salam), which became the empire's capital in 762.
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Document identity
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81000
label
Folio with Kufic Script
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object
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Source metadata
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81000
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object
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normalized
title
Folio with Kufic Script
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is executed in Kufic script. Already in the 9th century, the rectilinear Kufic script seen on this page began to be replaced by a more cursive "font" called the New Abbasid style. The Abbasids were an early Islamic dynasty that ruled from AD 750-1258. The first center of political, economic and cultural life for the Abbasids was Baghdad, the circular City of Peace (madinat al-salam), which became the empire's capital in 762.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
13.5
height
21
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on parchment
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6768
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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