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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the left side of a double-page illumination introducing the Qur'an.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79065
label
Left Side of a Double-page Illumination
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
79065
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Left Side of a Double-page Illumination
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the left side of a double-page illumination introducing the Qur'an.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp on fol. 3a]; Sultan Bayezid II [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal on fol. 8a]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
40
height
31
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/4 x W: 12 3/16 in. (40 x 31 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper
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2191
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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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bdf96e82f31e559e