Illuminated Colophon

1269 AH/AD 1853 (Ottoman)

11 cm 16 cm

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This illuminated colophon from Walters manuscript W.743, dated Ramadan 1269 AH/AD 1853, contains significant information. In it, the scribe Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar states that he was born in Kumuljunah (Gümülcine, Komotini in northeastern Greece) and resided in the Madrasat M...

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Robert L. Fox [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by gift.
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