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Source Description
This dark brown leather binding from Walters manuscript W.584 has a damaged, backwards flap with a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces with arabesque designs on a gold ground. The doublures of red leather have a central geometric design. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
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Document identity
localId
79978
label
Binding from Gloss on a Commentary on the Qur'an
core
obj
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object
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pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79978
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Gloss on a Commentary on the Qur'an
description
This dark brown leather binding from Walters manuscript W.584 has a damaged, backwards flap with a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces with arabesque designs on a gold ground. The doublures of red leather have a central geometric design. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
provenance
'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ex libiris (min kutub) on fol. 1a]; Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, 1130 AH/AD 1717 [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf seal on fol. 1a with the original shelf mark, 191, beneath. Same impression on fols. 1b, 2a, 156b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d. (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bindings
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21
height
13
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 1/8 in. (21 x 13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
dark-brown leather with gold and red leather doublures
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2431
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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86f04b7c543146d9
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no
hasDescription
no
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2
type
photo
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3b254e4e587aa1ac
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no
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no