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Source Description
This restored, illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.563 was probably once part of a double-page composition. It bears a central medallion with pendants flanked by 4 smaller roundels. Notes in Persian and Arabic concerning the recitation of some Qur'anic passages are inscribed all over the page.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81369
label
Illuminated Frontispiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81369
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Frontispiece
description
This restored, illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.563 was probably once part of a double-page composition. It bears a central medallion with pendants flanked by 4 smaller roundels. Notes in Persian and Arabic concerning the recitation of some Qur'anic passages are inscribed all over the page.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp on fol. 3a]; Sultan Bayezid II [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal on fol. 8a]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
40
height
31
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/4 x W: 12 3/16 in. (40 x 31 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper
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2191
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MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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