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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.665 is an incipit page with an illuminated titlepiece inscribed I'tikadiyat in white ink on a blue background with gold arabesques surrounded by polychrome design. Illumination is present between the lines of text.
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Document identity
localId
81210
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
81210
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object
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normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.665 is an incipit page with an illuminated titlepiece inscribed I'tikadiyat in white ink on a blue background with gold arabesques surrounded by polychrome design. Illumination is present between the lines of text.
provenance
Abu al-Su'ud Muhammad [Abu al-Su'ud Efendi] (died 982 AH/AD 1574 ) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [approbation (recommendation) note on fol. 2a in Arabic signed by Abu al-Su'ud Muhammad; erased seal underneath with the number 712; note on fol. 1a on right mentions that the work was submitted to Abu al-Su'ud al-haqir for approval (imza)]; 'Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [quotations from Khizanat al-adab probably by 'Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi dated 1180 AH/AD 1766-1777 and signed Rasmi]; Hasan Bey-zâde târîhi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [quotations from Khizanat al-adab probably by Hasan Bey-zâde târîhi dated 1180 AH/AD 1766-1777 and signed Tarikh-i Hasan Begzade]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Ottoman)
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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
units
cm
width
26
height
15.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/4 x W: 6 1/8 in. (26 x 15.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on dark cream-colored laid paper
creator_ids
18063
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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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3c3d5e58586b1430