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Source Description
This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.581 gives the title of the work, as well as the authors' names. There is also a statement referring to the patronage of the manuscript, indicating that it was made for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-"Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah).
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Document identity
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80028
label
Illuminated Title Page with Authors' Names and Patronage Statement
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object
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Source metadata
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80028
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title
Illuminated Title Page with Authors' Names and Patronage Statement
description
This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.581 gives the title of the work, as well as the authors' names. There is also a statement referring to the patronage of the manuscript, indicating that it was made for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-"Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah).
provenance
Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library, Konya, Turkey (?), 767 AH/AD 1366 [mode of acquisition unknown] [bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-'Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah… (fol.1a)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
767 AH/AD 1366
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
18
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 7 1/16 in. (27 x 18 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on laid paper with chain lines grouped in twos
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16854
16853
16535
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MIS
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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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36d7de9aa7c06e6a