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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.586 contains a colophon that gives a short title of the work, the name of the scribe, and the date of copying.
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Document identity
localId
79987
label
Colophon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79987
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.586 contains a colophon that gives a short title of the work, the name of the scribe, and the date of copying.
provenance
al-Sayyid Abu Bakr al-Hilmi, 1281(?) AH/AD 1864-1865 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with the name and date on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1191 AH/AD 1777 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
10.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/8 in. (18 x 10.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] katabahu 'abd min 'ibād Allāh 'azza wa-jalla wa-anā al-faqīr al-haqīr /1/ al-mudhnib al-dhalīl al-da'īf Salīm al-Rashīd /2/ ghafara Allāh dhunūbahu wa satara 'uyūbahu Allhumma /3/ ihfaz li-sāhibih wa-kātibih wa-qāri'ih /4/ wa-li-man nazara fīhi min al-afāt wa-al-'ilal āmīna /5/ yā rabb al-'ālamīn qad tamma al-farāgh min tahrīr /6/ h<ā>dhihi [sic] al-Shifā' al-sharīf li-sittat /7/ 'ashar min shahr Shawwāl al-mubārak /8/ ba'da al-zuhr min yawm al-ahad /9/ li-sanat ihdá wa-tis'īn /10/ wa-mi'ah wa-alf min hijrah /11/ man lahu al-sa'ādah /12/ wa-al-'izz wa-al-majd / 13/ wa-al-sharaf /14/
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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15709
15710
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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