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Source Description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.567 has an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 4 (Surat al-nisa') in Riqa' script in red ink on a gold ground. The text is in vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red, and illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82683
label
Text Page with Illuminated Chapter Heading for Chapter 4
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
82683
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Text Page with Illuminated Chapter Heading for Chapter 4
description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.567 has an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 4 (Surat al-nisa') in Riqa' script in red ink on a gold ground. The text is in vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red, and illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1230 AH/AD 1814-1815 (?)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.5
height
8
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 5/16 x W: 3 1/8 in. (13.5 x 8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on cream laid paper
creator_ids
6747
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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cba24bebfe4a12ee