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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.607 has an illuminated headpiece; it begins the Sharafnamah, the 1st part of the 5th poem of the Khamsah, the Iskandarnamah.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81248
label
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81248
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 Sharafnamah, the 1st part of the 5th poem of the Khamsah, the Iskandarnamah.
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
creator_ids
7689
8280
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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937764b026dc5acd