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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.600 is the 1st page of the preface ordered by Baysunghur in 829 AH/AD 1425-1426. The text is largely written in black Nasta'liq script with incidentals in blue and gold. The preface ends on fol. 14a with a colophon.
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Document identity
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83467
label
Text Page of Shahnamah Preface
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Source metadata
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83467
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normalized
title
Text Page of Shahnamah Preface
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.600 is the 1st page of the preface ordered by Baysunghur in 829 AH/AD 1425-1426. The text is largely written in black Nasta'liq script with incidentals in blue and gold. The preface ends on fol. 14a with a colophon.
provenance
Ahmad [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with name on fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 1789 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership entry dated 12 Jumadá I 1204 AH/AD 1789 on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
32.5
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 13/16 x W: 7 1/2 in. (32.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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MIS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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