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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.604 is an illuminated incipit page that introduces the 2nd poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shirin. The folio has a headpiece in foliated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style inscribed: dhikr al-qadim awlá bi-al-taqdim.
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Document identity
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83151
label
lluminated Incipit with Headpiece
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83151
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
lluminated Incipit with Headpiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.604 is an illuminated incipit page that introduces the 2nd poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shirin. The folio has a headpiece in foliated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style inscribed: dhikr al-qadim awlá bi-al-taqdim.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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7689
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MSS
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MIS
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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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