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Source Description
This page from Walters manuscript W.625 is the left side of a double-page illuminated preface, written in Arabic, introducing the first book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi). The text is written in gold and blue Tawqi' script and there is interlinear decoration. The text area is framed by an illuminated border of gilt and polychrome decoration on a blue ground.
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Document identity
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80032
label
Illuminated Preface to the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
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Source metadata
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80032
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title
Illuminated Preface to the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi)
description
This page from Walters manuscript W.625 is the left side of a double-page illuminated preface, written in Arabic, introducing the first book (daftar) of the Collection of poems (Masnavi-i ma'navi). The text is written in gold and blue Tawqi' script and there is interlinear decoration. The text area is framed by an illuminated border of gilt and polychrome decoration on a blue ground.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
865 AH/AD 1461
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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
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cm
width
24.5
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (24.5 x 16 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic; Persian
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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15728
15727
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MIS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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