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Source Description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.646, Joseph, asleep beside Jacob, has a dream of the sun and moon bowing to him.
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Document identity
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81431
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Joseph, Asleep Beside Jacob, has a Dream of the Sun and Moon Bowing to Him
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Source metadata
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81431
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title
Joseph, Asleep Beside Jacob, has a Dream of the Sun and Moon Bowing to Him
description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.646, Joseph, asleep beside Jacob, has a dream of the sun and moon bowing to him.
provenance
Muhammad Vali Mirza [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [fol.1a: Muhammad Vali Mirza]; Court librarian Mirza Baba, 1821 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [acquisition note on fol. 1a: made in Dar al-'Ibadah Yazd, dated Ramadan 1236 AH/AD 1821 and signed by the court librarian Mirza Baba; underneath a seal: 'Abduh Jahangir, 118[0](?) AH/AD 1766-1767]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Mughal)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
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22
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13.5
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H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (22.0 x 13.5 cm)
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Islamic
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Mughal Dynasty
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ink and pigments on laid paper
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15674
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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