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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.609 has a titlepiece introducing the 4th poem of the Khamsah, Haft paykar, which is written in white on a blue ground.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81276
label
Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
81276
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.609 has a titlepiece introducing the 4th poem of the Khamsah, Haft paykar, which is written in white on a blue ground.
provenance
Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
922 AH/AD 1516 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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18135
18134
7689
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MSS
MIS
ISL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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3da78dd9edf92762