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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.623 contains the first of 2 colophons giving the dates of copying and the titles of the individual poems: Majnun va Laylá and Ayinah-i Iskanadari.
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Document identity
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83703
label
Colophon
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
83703
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.623 contains the first of 2 colophons giving the dates of copying and the titles of the individual poems: Majnun va Laylá and Ayinah-i Iskanadari.
provenance
Ibn Abi Husayn 'Ali [...] 'Ali, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownsership statement plus seal on fol. 1a];Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1017 AH/AD 1609 (Safavid)
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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
34.5
height
22
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 11/16 in. (34.5 x 22 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat al-kitāb Laylá Majnūn-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī dar /1/ tārīkh-i salkh-i Ramazān al-mubārak sanat-i sab' 'ashar va alf /2/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
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ink and pigments on mostly laid paper
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7404
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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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