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Source Description
This codex, Walters manuscript W.582m opens with this decorated incipit page with an illuminated rectangular headpiece. The page has 5 inner panels of text executed in the following scripts: Muhaqqaq (gold), Naskh (black), and Thuluth (blue).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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79973
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
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object
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Source metadata
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79973
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normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This codex, Walters manuscript W.582m opens with this decorated incipit page with an illuminated rectangular headpiece. The page has 5 inner panels of text executed in the following scripts: Muhaqqaq (gold), Naskh (black), and Thuluth (blue).
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
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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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
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins
creator_ids
16539
16535
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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8ed52e172ee1696c