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This folio from Walters manuscript W.659 contains a colophon written in Arabic, giving the name of the scribe and the date of copying.

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Document identity
localId
84185
label
Colophon
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
84185
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.659 contains a colophon written in Arabic, giving the name of the scribe and the date of copying.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33
height
20
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 x W: 7 7/8 in. (33 x 20 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] harrarahu al-faqīr al-haqī Muhammad ibn Muhammad /1/ Shākir Rūzmah-'i Nāthānī /2/ ghaffara Allāh dhunūbahu wa-li-wālidayy [sic] /3/ wa-ahsana ilayhimā wa-ilahi /4/ sanah 1121 /5/ fī 12 n (=Ramadān)
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on European laid paper
creator_ids
19322
4550
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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5aba3409ef751992