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Source Description
This illuminated titlepiece from Walters manuscript W.625 introduces the 2nd book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi), with the inscription in decorated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style reading: al-mujallad al-thani min al-Mathnawi.
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Document identity
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77717
label
Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece Introducing the Second Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
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object
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Source metadata
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77717
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object
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normalized
title
Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece Introducing the Second Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
description
This illuminated titlepiece from Walters manuscript W.625 introduces the 2nd book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi), with the inscription in decorated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style reading: al-mujallad al-thani min al-Mathnawi.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
865 AH/AD 1461
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
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cm
width
24.5
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (24.5 x 16 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic; Persian
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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15727
15728
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MSS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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