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Source Description

This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is a text page containing an illuminated heading in gold ink for chapter 7 (Surat al-a'raf), reading: al-a'raf mi

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Document identity
localId
80023
label
Text Page with Illuminated Heading
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80023
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Text Page with Illuminated Heading
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is a text page containing an illuminated heading in gold ink for chapter 7 (Surat al-a'raf), reading: al-a'raf mi
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.5
height
21
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on parchment
creator_ids
6768
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MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
18de59c9fa08d688