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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.586 is an illuminated incipit page with a headpiece.
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Document identity
localId
79986
label
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79986
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.586 is an illuminated incipit page with a headpiece.
provenance
al-Sayyid Abu Bakr al-Hilmi, 1281(?) AH/AD 1864-1865 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with the name and date on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1191 AH/AD 1777 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
10.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/8 in. (18 x 10.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
15709
15710
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
5003b38f690d04c9
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
4c2c586ea1204883
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no