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Source Description
Walters manuscript W.664, copied by Kamal ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qaramani in a clear vocalized Naskh script, is a copy of the Epic of Alexander the Great or the Alexander romance (Iskendername) by Ahmet bin Ibrahim Ahmedi (died 815 AH/AD 1413). It was completed in Aleppo (Halab) in 891 AH/AD 1486. Written in two columns and surrounded by a frame, it opens with a decorated title page and an incipit page with the inscription: al-mulk li-Llah al-wahid (Supreme authority belongs the One God).
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Document identity
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7994
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Epic of Alexander the Great
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Epic of Alexander the Great
description
Walters manuscript W.664, copied by Kamal ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qaramani in a clear vocalized Naskh script, is a copy of the Epic of Alexander the Great or the Alexander romance (Iskendername) by Ahmet bin Ibrahim Ahmedi (died 815 AH/AD 1413). It was completed in Aleppo (Halab) in 891 AH/AD 1486. Written in two columns and surrounded by a frame, it opens with a decorated title page and an incipit page with the inscription: al-mulk li-Llah al-wahid (Supreme authority belongs the One God).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
891 AH/AD 1486 (Ottoman)
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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cm
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33
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23
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Folio H: 13 x W: 9 1/16 in. (33 x 23 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
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Ottoman Dynasty
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ink and pigments on thick, non-European paper and Italian paper covered with brown leather
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