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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.657 depicts Shirin visiting Farhad at Mt. Bisitun.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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83292
label
Shirin Visiting Farhad at Mt. Bisitun
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object
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1
Source metadata
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83292
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Shirin Visiting Farhad at Mt. Bisitun
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.657 depicts Shirin visiting Farhad at Mt. Bisitun.
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 (?))
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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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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