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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.657 has a few illuminated pieces. Above, there is a headpiece inscribed: huwa Allah. At the right is a triangular piece and the inscription: Shirin va Khusraw-i Amir Khusraw.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83291
label
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece and Titlepiece
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83291
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Incipit with Illuminated Headpiece and Titlepiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.657 has a few illuminated pieces. Above, there is a headpiece inscribed: huwa Allah. At the right is a triangular piece and the inscription: Shirin va Khusraw-i Amir Khusraw.
provenance
Mundir [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with motton on fol. 280b]; Khwand Mulla Mahdi Sahhaf-i Tabrizi, Tabriz, 1295 AH/AD 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown] [note regarding re-binding and restoration of this volume by the bookbinder on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid (?))
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty (?)
med
ink and pigments on tinted laid paper: cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins
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7404
7689
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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05321533e614e924