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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.626 contains an illuminated headpiece that introduces the 1st book (daftar) of the Masnavi.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83726
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
83726
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object
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normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.626 contains an illuminated headpiece that introduces the 1st book (daftar) of the Masnavi.
provenance
Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1073 AH/AD 1663
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.5
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (26.5 x 15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper (probably Kashmiri)
creator_ids
15727
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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cc599b0d6b5fb047