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Source Description

This red leather binding from Walters manuscript W.585 has a central lobed oval with arabesques on a gold ground and gold frame.

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Document identity
localId
79982
label
Binding from Three Hundred Sixty Sufi Questions
core
obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
79982
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Three Hundred Sixty Sufi Questions
description
This red leather binding from Walters manuscript W.585 has a central lobed oval with arabesques on a gold ground and gold frame.
provenance
Muhammad ibn Zadah al-Ayyubi, 1117 AH/AD 1705 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libiris fol. 1a]; Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, 1130 AH/AD 1717 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf seal of the Vizier on fol. 1a (erased) and on fol. 210b dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with former shelf mark 1173]; 'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libiris fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1081 AH/AD 1670 (Ottoman)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bindings
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20
height
12.5
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 7 7/8 x W: 4 15/16 in. (20 x 12.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
red leather with gold
creator_ids
2431
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MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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