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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.633 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. It has the title of the work and the first 4 couplets inscribed in white Nasta'liq script in the central oval medallion.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83442
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece with Titlepiece
core
obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
83442
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece with Titlepiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.633 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. It has the title of the work and the first 4 couplets inscribed in white Nasta'liq script in the central oval medallion.
provenance
Muhammad ibn Mustafá [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1a]; Muhammad Riza Javahid Zamuni (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 1a]; 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
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14
height
9
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/2 x W: 3 9/16 in. (14 x 9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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15730
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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a83e34a6bad92554