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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.595 is the first half of a double-page illumination containing introductory lines of the work. The upper and lower parts of the illumination are filled in with an inscription in Persian, containing the title of the work, in Thuluth script.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
77628
label
Double-page Illumination
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
77628
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Double-page Illumination
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.595 is the first half of a double-page illumination containing introductory lines of the work. The upper and lower parts of the illumination are filled in with an inscription in Persian, containing the title of the work, in Thuluth script.
provenance
'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement (min kutub) and seal on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
889 AH/AD 1484
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30.5
height
18.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 x W: 7 5/16 in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on creamy, thin paper
creator_ids
19262
19261
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
490effb07baf5a86