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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.645 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. (The left side does not survive.) The initial lines of the texts are inscribed in the central medallion and pendants in white Nasta'liq script on a blue background.
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Document identity
localId
83819
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83819
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.645 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece. (The left side does not survive.) The initial lines of the texts are inscribed in the central medallion and pendants in white Nasta'liq script on a blue background.
provenance
'Abduhu Muhammad Kazim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal on fol. 113b]; 'Ismat Zinat Sultan, 1249 AH/AD 1833 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [square seal dated 12(?)49 AH/AD 1833 on fol. 114a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (27 x 17 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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15674
8016
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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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7a0c46cf653bffa6