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Source Description
This final page of Walters manuscript W.577 has a signed and dated colophon written in Ijazah script. The colophon indicates that the text was copied by Muhammad ibn Mustafá in 1282 AHAD/ 1865-1866. It also indicates that this codex is the 21st copy made by this particular calligrapher.
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Document identity
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79970
label
Illuminated Colophon
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object
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Source metadata
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79970
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Colophon
description
This final page of Walters manuscript W.577 has a signed and dated colophon written in Ijazah script. The colophon indicates that the text was copied by Muhammad ibn Mustafá in 1282 AHAD/ 1865-1866. It also indicates that this codex is the 21st copy made by this particular calligrapher.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13
height
9
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] In Arabic
vocalized: katabahu al-faqīru ilá Allāhi ta 'ālá /1/ Mubākshāhu ibn Qutbin ghafara Allāhu /2/ dhunūbahumā wa-satara 'uyūbahumā fī Sha'bāni /3/ sanata thalāth wa-'ishrīna wa-sab'a mi'atin /4/ hāmidan li-Llāhi ta'ālá 'alá ni'amihi wa-musalliyan /5/ 'alá nabīyihi Muhammadin wa-ālihi al-ghurari al-kirāmi /6/ al-tayyibīna al-tāhirīna wa-musalliman taslīman /7/
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ink and pigments on cream-colored paper
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16702
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MSS
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MIS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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