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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.591 is an incipit page with an illuminated headpiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) in the cartouche in white Tawqi` script on a gold ground.
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Document identity
localId
79993
label
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79993
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.591 is an incipit page with an illuminated headpiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) in the cartouche in white Tawqi` script on a gold ground.
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)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
11.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
reign
Sultan Selim I
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
15718
15718
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
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none
Page inventory
seq
1
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photo
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27b496ee53b3c00b
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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a06b954920fdea8b
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no
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no