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Source Description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.651 is written in Nasta"liq script on orange tinted paper by the calligrapher Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi in 998 AH/AD 1589-1590 in Safavid Iran. The bluish-green borders are illuminated in an early Safavid style.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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81485
label
Illuminated Text Page
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object
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1
Source metadata
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81485
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title
Illuminated Text Page
description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.651 is written in Nasta"liq script on orange tinted paper by the calligrapher Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi in 998 AH/AD 1589-1590 in Safavid Iran. The bluish-green borders are illuminated in an early Safavid style.
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)
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CC0
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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
17.5
height
11
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on orange-tinted paper with bluish-green borders
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18666
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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