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Source Description
This 19th-century Ottoman Turkish black leather binding from Walters manuscript W.577 is decorated with a tooled and gold-painted geometric design enclosed by frames, including a wide frame with tooled chain-link design.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79966
label
Binding from Qur'an
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79966
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Qur'an
description
This 19th-century Ottoman Turkish black leather binding from Walters manuscript W.577 is decorated with a tooled and gold-painted geometric design enclosed by frames, including a wide frame with tooled chain-link design.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bindings
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13
height
9
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
black leather with gold and blue paper endpapers
creator_ids
2431
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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