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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.605 contains the 2ns of 5 colophons in Arabic giving the names of the scribe, illuminator, and bookbinder.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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83587
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83587
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.605 contains the 2ns of 5 colophons in Arabic giving the names of the scribe, illuminator, and bookbinder.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
892 AH/AD 1486-900 AH/AD 1494-1495 (Safavid)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/16 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23 x 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] qad faragha min tahrīr hadhā kitāb [sic] al-latīf wa-hiya [sic] jild [sic] al-thānī min /1/ jumlat al-Khamsah al-musammá bi-hi [sic] Laylá wa-Majnūn min kalām shaykh al-muhaqqiqīn /2/ qudwat al-'ārifin zubdat al-sālikīn Shaykh Nizāmī al-Kanjah /3/ 'alayhi al-rahmah wa-al-ridwān wa-al-maghrifah wal-ghufrān al-'abd /4/ al-faqīr al-haqīr al-da'īf al-muftaqir ilá rahmat Allāh al-malik /5/ al-jānī Abū Bakr Shāh ibn Hasan ibn 'Alī al-Sharastānī /6/ ahsana Allāh ahwālahu wa-ghafara lahu wa-li-wālidayhi wa-li-sāyir al-mu'minīn /7/ wa-al-mu'mināt wa-al-Muslimīn wa-al-Muslimāt fī ta<'>rīkh sanat ithnayn /8/ wa-tais'īn wa-thamānimi'ah al-hijrīyah al-nabawīyah al-mustafawīyah /9/ wa-sallá Allāh 'alá Muhammad wa-'alá jamī' al-anbiyā' wa-al-mursalīn /10/ wa-'alá <ā>lih wa-ashābih wa-azwājih ajma'īn /11/ al-tayyibīn wa-al-tāhirīn wa- /12/ al-hamd li-Llāh rabb al-'ālamīn /13/ tamma /14/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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7689
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15722
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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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