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Source Description
This colophon from Walters manuscript W.642, written in Arabic, is dated 965 AH/AD 1557-1558 and gives the name of the scribe as Haydar al-Husayni. It reads as follows: katabahu al-'abd al-faqir al-mudhnib al-muhtaj ilá rahmat Allah /1/ wa-ghufranih Haydar al-Husayni ghaffara Allah lahu wa-li-man qara
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82834
label
Colophon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82834
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This colophon from Walters manuscript W.642, written in Arabic, is dated 965 AH/AD 1557-1558 and gives the name of the scribe as Haydar al-Husayni. It reads as follows: katabahu al-'abd al-faqir al-mudhnib al-muhtaj ilá rahmat Allah /1/ wa-ghufranih Haydar al-Husayni ghaffara Allah lahu wa-li-man qara
provenance
Unknown collection [seal erased; original shelfmark of 3934 on on tail edge of codex]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
965 AH/AD 1557-1558 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.5
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic; Persian
inscriptions
[Transliteration] katabahu al-'abd al-faqīr al-mudhnib al-muhtāj ilá rahmat Allāh /1/ wa-ghufrānih Haydar al-Husaynī ghaffara Allāh lahu wa-li-man qara<'>ahu /2/ wa-nazara fīhi sanat khams wa-sittīn wa-tas'imi<'>ah /3/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper
creator_ids
17749
15674
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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22e27d0cdfcf8408