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Source Description
This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82797
label
Leaf from Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
82797
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Leaf from Ottoman Diploma in Calligraphy
description
This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1219 AH/AD 1804-1805 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16
height
22
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 6 5/16 x W: 8 11/16 in. (16 x 22 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on paper mounted on thin pasteboard
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19127
19126
19125
19124
19123
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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