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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.607 has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the second poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shirin.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81228
label
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
81228
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.607 has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the second poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shirin.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30
height
18
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 7 1/16 in. (30 x 18 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper
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7689
8280
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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e17589c54bcabbcd