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Source Description

This folio from Walters manuscript W.628 is an incipit page with an illuminated headpiece.

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Document identity
localId
81871
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81871
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.628 is an incipit page with an illuminated headpiece.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ex libris on upper board inside]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21.5
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (21.5 x 13.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on brown laid paper
creator_ids
15730
15729
collection_ids
ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ba53490a367318dc