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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.646 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah) in white ink. The page is also decorated with cloud-bands and a decorated border.
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Document identity
localId
81416
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81416
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.646 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah) in white ink. The page is also decorated with cloud-bands and a decorated border.
provenance
Muhammad Vali Mirza [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [fol.1a: Muhammad Vali Mirza]; Court librarian Mirza Baba, 1821 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [acquisition note on fol. 1a: made in Dar al-'Ibadah Yazd, dated Ramadan 1236 AH/AD 1821 and signed by the court librarian Mirza Baba; underneath a seal: 'Abduh Jahangir, 118[0](?) AH/AD 1766-1767]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (22.0 x 13.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
15674
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ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
2dc001af512597e2