Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
The poem begins on this illuminated page from Walters manuscript W.582. The central panel is framed by decorated margins and a domed headpiece. The text itself is divided into 4 panels executed in Naskh (black) and Thuluth (gold and blue) scripts.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79633
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79633
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
The poem begins on this illuminated page from Walters manuscript W.582. The central panel is framed by decorated margins and a domed headpiece. The text itself is divided into 4 panels executed in Naskh (black) and Thuluth (gold and blue) scripts.
provenance
[Two erased large seals on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.5
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins
creator_ids
16539
16535
collection_ids
ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
2827
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
1a6dd8f26c06ef99