Illuminated Text Page with Seal

941 AH/AD 1534

16.5 cm 23.5 cm

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This text page from Walters manuscript W.579 is defined by the use of alternating black Naskh and gold Thuluth. The Naskh panels are flanked by illuminated medallions with a gold-tooled outline. The gold Thuluth lines are set apart by outlines resembling clouds. Illuminated ro...

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Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, ca. 1130 AH/AD 1717 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf-seal impression of the Vizier dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with the original shelf mark 1414 on fols. 2a, 2b, and 3a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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