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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.608 contains a colophon, in Arabic, giving the name of the scribe and the date of copying.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83064
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
83064
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.608 contains a colophon, in Arabic, giving the name of the scribe and the date of copying.
provenance
Baqi Pasha [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership note fol. 1a]; 'Ali Riza ibn Mustafá, 1180 AH/AD 1766-1777 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership note with seal fol. 2a]; 'Ali Mawla 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression fols. 153a, 177a, 233a, 351a]; Sahibi umm [mother of Mirza Ibrahim] [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership note fol. 351b]; Shah Vardi Ghulam Shah Mardan [date and mode of acquisition unknown [seal impression fol. 349]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
971 AH/AD 1563 (Safavid; Qajar)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 7/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (24 x 17 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat al-kitāb bi-'awn al-Malik al-Wahhāb bi-tārīkh muntasaf shahr Rabī' al-thānī 971 bi-khatt aqall al-anām Habīb Allāh ibn 'Alī ibn Husām /1/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty; Qajar Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
15723
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collection_ids
MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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bd3dd6ce97e1f31a