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Source Description
This opening page from Walters manuscript W.583 has an illuminated headpiece with polychrome floral design. There is also interlinear gilt decoration.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79975
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
79975
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This opening page from Walters manuscript W.583 has an illuminated headpiece with polychrome floral design. There is also interlinear gilt decoration.
provenance
Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [book plate: no. 1155 LG]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [from Leon Gruel]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19
height
12
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/2 x W: 4 3/4 in. (19 x 12 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid European paper
creator_ids
16706
collection_ids
ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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b31a116a1a9153dd