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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.642 is the left side of an illuminated double-page incipit. The top panel is inscribed with the author's name in white Tawqi'/Riqa' script on a gold background. The text area has interlinear gilt decoration with polychrome floral motifs. The illuminated borders are of a blue ground with gilt medallions and floral forms.
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Document identity
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80970
label
Illuminated Double-page Incipit
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object
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Source metadata
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80970
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object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Double-page Incipit
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.642 is the left side of an illuminated double-page incipit. The top panel is inscribed with the author's name in white Tawqi'/Riqa' script on a gold background. The text area has interlinear gilt decoration with polychrome floral motifs. The illuminated borders are of a blue ground with gilt medallions and floral forms.
provenance
Unknown collection [seal erased; original shelfmark of 3934 on on tail edge of codex]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
965 AH/AD 1557-1558 (Safavid)
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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
24.5
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper
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17749
15674
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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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18f4ea79f443c618