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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.611 contains a colophon in Arabic that gives the name of the scribe and the date of copying.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83408
label
Colophon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83408
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.611 contains a colophon in Arabic that gives the name of the scribe and the date of copying.
provenance
Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; [partly visible seal impression dated [1]230 (?) AH on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1059 AH/AD 1649 (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
29.5
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat al-Khamsah [sic] Shaykh Nizāmī 'alayhi al-rahmah /1/ fī 8 shahr Sha'bān sanat 1059 /2/ Allāhumma ighfir li-sāhibih /3/ wa-kātibih /4/ katabahu Shams al-Dīn Kirmānī /5/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty; Qajar Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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7689
19254
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MIS
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exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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4f5529034be4c228