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Source Description
In the right margin of this folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is an inscription that reads: sajdah (prostration).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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4855
label
Illuminated Text Page with Indication of Prostration (sajdah)
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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4855
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Text Page with Indication of Prostration (sajdah)
description
In the right margin of this folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is an inscription that reads: sajdah (prostration).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)
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
13.5
height
21
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transcription] sajdah
med
ink and pigments on parchment
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6768
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MIS
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2827
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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