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Source Description
This binding from Walters manuscript W.591 is composed of brown goatskin with a large lobed oval and pendants and gold decorative frames. The binding is contemporary with the manuscript, which is dated to 918 AH/AD 1512.
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Document identity
localId
79991
label
Binding from Book on Logic
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
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79991
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object
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title
Binding from Book on Logic
description
This binding from Walters manuscript W.591 is composed of brown goatskin with a large lobed oval and pendants and gold decorative frames. The binding is contemporary with the manuscript, which is dated to 918 AH/AD 1512.
provenance
Izzat [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libiris (min kutub), seal erased on fol. 1a]; 'Abd al-Qadir [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libris, fol. 1a]; Muhammad Amin, Inspector of awqaf [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [bequest entry on behalf of Bashir Agha with seal and the shelfmark 419 on fol. 1a; bequest (waqf) seal of of Bashir Agha dated 1130 AH/AD 1717; the same seal is also present on fols. 2a, 35a, 52a, and 77b; the shelfmark 419 is also inscribed on the tail edge]; al-Hajj Bashir Agha Dar al-Sa'adah, 1130 AH/AD 1717, by bequest [ex libiris, dated 1158 AH/AD 1745 (plus his seal) on fol. 1a, middle of the page; the same seal is also on fols. 32b and 78a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
918 AH/AD 1512 (Ottoman)
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CC0
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en
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bindings
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
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18
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11.5
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Folio H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
reign
Sultan Selim I
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brown goatskin with gold
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16163
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MSS
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MIS
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2730
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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4c0249511ba05f59
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2
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photo
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