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Source Description
This incipit page with illuminated headpiece from Walters manuscript W.624 introduces the 3rd poem of the Khamsah, Majnun va Laylá. It is signed 'amal-i Lutf Allah muzahhib.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
29238
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
29238
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
description
This incipit page with illuminated headpiece from Walters manuscript W.624 introduces the 3rd poem of the Khamsah, Majnun va Laylá. It is signed 'amal-i Lutf Allah muzahhib.
provenance
Muhammad Zaki, 1241 AH/AD 1825-1826 [mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal, fols. 1a, 211a]; 'abd al-raji Muhammad Shafi', 1247 AH/AD 1831-1832 [mode of acquisition unknown] [rectangular seal fols. 1a, 211a]; Muhammad 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [large oval seal with no date on fol. 211a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1597-1598 (Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28.5
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
style
Mughal
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
7404
7405
8698
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
2664
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0ada5b9e0b405302