Folio with Kufic Script
This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is executed in Kufic script. Already in the 9th century, the rectilinear Kufic script seen on this page began to be replaced by a more cursive "font" called the New Abbasid style. The Abbasids were an early Islamic dynasty that ruled fr...
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81000
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.552.36b_Fp_DD.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.552.36b_Fp_DD.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.552.36b_Fp_DD.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.552.36B |
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