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Source Description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.66a has an unusually designed headpiece comprised of a star and crescent with flags, two trumpets, and a drum.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83273
label
Illuminated Incipit
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
83273
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit
description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.66a has an unusually designed headpiece comprised of a star and crescent with flags, two trumpets, and a drum.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1271 AH/AD 1854-1855 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.5
height
15.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 7/16 x W: 6 1/8 in. (21.5 x 15.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff European wove paper
creator_ids
19240
19239
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ea5562c6fc3cfb7b