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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.629 contains a colophon in Arabic that gives the date of copying.
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Document identity
localId
81385
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81385
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.629 contains a colophon in Arabic that gives the date of copying.
provenance
Mustafá Pasha Vali-i Iskandariyah, prior to 1231 [mode of acquisition unknown] [dated 1231, see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi, 1285 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi Vali-i Salanik, 1303 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.5
height
12
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat [sic] al-kitāb bi 'awn Allāh al-malik al-wahhāb wa-husn tawfīqih wa /1/ al-sal<ā>h wa-al-salām 'alá Muhammad wa ālih ajma'īn wa-sallama taslīman /2/ dāyiman abadan kathīran fī ta<'>rīkh shahr /3/ Shawwāl sanat tis' wa-khamsīn /4/ wa-tis'imi<'>ah al-hijrīyah /5/ al-mustafawīyah /6/ tamma /7/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff and rose-tinted laid paper
creator_ids
15730
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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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c414b0d55affe183