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Source Description
This colophon from Walters manuscript W.643 explains the nature of the work and gives the name of the calligrapher and the date of copying as Rajab 999 AH/AD 1591.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81414
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
81414
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This colophon from Walters manuscript W.643 explains the nature of the work and gives the name of the calligrapher and the date of copying as Rajab 999 AH/AD 1591.
provenance
Alllah Muhammad 'Ali, 1030 AH/AD 1620-1621 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Round seal in the center of fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 22 Jum. II 1105 AH/AD 1694 [mode of acquisition unknown] [a note on fol. 1a]; Mahmud, 1115 AH/AD 1703-1704 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Square seal with name Mahmud (partially erased) and an inscription with the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Shah Ghulami, Dhu al-Qa'dah 1127 AH/AD 1715 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Octagonal seal with name underneath an inscription giving the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Qavam (?), Daftar, 1301 AH/AD 1883-1884 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 2a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931, by bequest.
date
999 AH/AD 1591 (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
22.5
height
13
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 7/8 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13.0 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat hadhā [sic] al-risālah al-sharīfa[h] /1/ mushtamal [sic] 'alá nikāt latīfah /2/ fī tafsīr abyāt ma'nawīyah 'alá /3/ al-sadr al-Mathawī al-Ma'nawī /4/ qaddasa sirruhu al-'azīz Jalāl /5/ al-Dīn Muhammad al-Rūmī 'alayhi /6/ al-rahmah wa-al-ghufrān /7/ 'alá yad al-kātib al-faqīr Bābā Sāh bn Sultān /8/ 'Alī Isfahānī /8/ fī shahr Rajab al-murajjab /9/ sanat tis' wa-tis'īn wa-tis'imi<'>ah /10/ al-hijrīyah al-nabawīyah /11/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on rose-tinted, laid paper
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15674
18550
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ISL
MSS
MIS
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none
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seq
1
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0
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photo
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11d8a7a4ffc20b73