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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.612 has an illuminated headpiece beginning Sharafnamah, the 1st half of the 5rh poem of the Khamsah: Iskandarnamah.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83643
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
83643
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.612 has an illuminated headpiece beginning Sharafnamah, the 1st half of the 5rh poem of the Khamsah: Iskandarnamah.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 1/2 in. (27 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on paper
creator_ids
7689
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8e1d0736a841a1ff