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Source Description
This illuminated incipit page with polychrome floral design from Walters manuscript W.585 is inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79983
label
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
79983
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
description
This illuminated incipit page with polychrome floral design from Walters manuscript W.585 is inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah).
provenance
Muhammad ibn Zadah al-Ayyubi, 1117 AH/AD 1705 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libiris fol. 1a]; Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, 1130 AH/AD 1717 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf seal of the Vizier on fol. 1a (erased) and on fol. 210b dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with former shelf mark 1173]; 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libiris fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1081 AH/AD 1670 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20
height
12.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 7/8 x W: 4 15/16 in. (20 x 12.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored, watermarked laid European paper
creator_ids
15708
15707
collection_ids
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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ab5ec055b814feaa