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Source Description
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.618 is largely attributable to the 10th century AH/AD 16th, with later additions. The binding is composed of brown leather (incorrectly bound with the flap on the wrong side and folded back on itself), and has a central lobed oval and pendants with gold-brushed scroll and floral design. The binding has a blue outer margin.
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Document identity
localId
83720
label
Binding from Collected Works (Kulliyat)
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obj
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7
Source metadata
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83720
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Collected Works (Kulliyat)
description
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.618 is largely attributable to the 10th century AH/AD 16th, with later additions. The binding is composed of brown leather (incorrectly bound with the flap on the wrong side and folded back on itself), and has a central lobed oval and pendants with gold-brushed scroll and floral design. The binding has a blue outer margin.
provenance
Private collection, Tehran [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [list of books, by an anonymous owner, which were in his house in Tehran on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
bindings
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.5
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
brown leather with gold
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6768
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none
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