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Source Description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, townspeople, who have never seen an elephant, examine its appearance in the dark.
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Document identity
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83750
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Townspeople, Who have Never Seen an Elephant, Examine its Appearance in the Dark
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Source metadata
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83750
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normalized
title
Townspeople, Who have Never Seen an Elephant, Examine its Appearance in the Dark
description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, townspeople, who have never seen an elephant, examine its appearance in the dark.
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
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
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cm
width
26.5
height
15
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H: 10 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (26.5 x 15 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper (probably Kashmiri)
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15727
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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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