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Source Description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.568 has an illuminated medallion in gold, blue, and red located in the right margin. This decorative form indicates the place where the believer performs a ritual prostration, or bowing down.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81123
label
Text Page with Illuminated Marginal Medallion
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
81123
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Text Page with Illuminated Marginal Medallion
description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.568 has an illuminated medallion in gold, blue, and red located in the right margin. This decorative form indicates the place where the believer performs a ritual prostration, or bowing down.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century AH/AD 18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
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
30
height
21.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 8 7/16 in. (30 x 21.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on Italian paper with a watermark of three crescents
creator_ids
15527
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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f565cbd787374e6f