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Source Description
This incipit page with illuminated headpiece from Walters manuscript W.651 has a bluish-green border decorated with floral and fauna motifs.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81475
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
81475
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This incipit page with illuminated headpiece from Walters manuscript W.651 has a bluish-green border decorated with floral and fauna motifs.
provenance
Mahmud Askani, 1893-1894, by purchase [ownership statement on fol. 6b written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894 stating that this precious book was bought for his son Mahmud Askani from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
998 AH/AD 1589-1590 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.5
height
11
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on orange-tinted paper with bluish-green borders
creator_ids
18666
15674
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MIS
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none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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7243569cb8a91cff