Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
The colophon with illuminated tailpiece from this folio of Walters manuscript W.649 indicates that the calligrapher of this work was Ibn Sayyid Murad al-Husayni, who copied it as a "souvenir" for the "Mani of the time," the master Muhammad 'Ali, a painter from Mashhad, in the month of Safar in the year 1068 AH/AD November 1657. It reads as follows: Ahqar 'ibad Allah ibn Sayyid Murad al-Husayni bar sabil-i yadkari /1/ bi-jihat-i mani al-zamani afzal al-musavvirin Ustad Muhammad /2/ 'Ali Naqqash-i Mashhadi marqum qalam-i shikastah /3/ raqm kardanid tahriran ghurrah-i Safar sanat 1068 /4/
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81144
label
Illuminated Tailpiece with Colophon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81144
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Tailpiece with Colophon
description
The colophon with illuminated tailpiece from this folio of Walters manuscript W.649 indicates that the calligrapher of this work was Ibn Sayyid Murad al-Husayni, who copied it as a "souvenir" for the "Mani of the time," the master Muhammad 'Ali, a painter from Mashhad, in the month of Safar in the year 1068 AH/AD November 1657. It reads as follows: Ahqar 'ibad Allah ibn Sayyid Murad al-Husayni bar sabil-i yadkari /1/ bi-jihat-i mani al-zamani afzal al-musavvirin Ustad Muhammad /2/ 'Ali Naqqash-i Mashhadi marqum qalam-i shikastah /3/ raqm kardanid tahriran ghurrah-i Safar sanat 1068 /4/
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1068 AH/AD 1657 (Safavid; Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
14.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] Ahqar 'ibād Allāh ibn Sayyid Murād al-Husaynī bar sabīl-i yādkārī /1/ bi-jihat-i mānī al-zamānī afzal al-musavvirīn Ustād Muhammad /2/ 'Alī Naqqāsh-i Mashhadī marqūm qalam-i shikastah /3/ raqm kardānīd tahrīran ghurrah-i Safar sanat 1068 /4/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
16860
16859
16858
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
26eb777f3f86f74c