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Source Description
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.632 probably dates to the late 11th century AH/AD 17th or12th century AH/AD 18th. The binding is red leather with central panels on the boards and the flap filled with gold-brocaded Safavid silk.
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Document identity
localId
83418
label
Binding from Collection of Poems (Divan)
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2
Source metadata
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83418
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object
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title
Binding from Collection of Poems (Divan)
description
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.632 probably dates to the late 11th century AH/AD 17th or12th century AH/AD 18th. The binding is red leather with central panels on the boards and the flap filled with gold-brocaded Safavid silk.
provenance
Muhammad Habib [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 2b and invocation: ya kabikaj on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 11th century AH/AD 17th-12th century AH/AD 18th century
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CC0
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en
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bindings
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2
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dimensions
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cm
width
20
height
11
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 7 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (20 x 11 cm)
Source extras
med
boards covered with red leather with gold-brocaded silk
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17248
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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d804b9603aa615c7
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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cb33d21a7e9f8570
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no