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Source Description
This page from Walters manuscript W.568 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed with the chapter heading for chapter 19 (Surat Maryam) in the New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) style in gold ink. The text is written in a large Maghribi script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
80024
label
Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece for Chapter 19
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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80024
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece for Chapter 19
description
This page from Walters manuscript W.568 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed with the chapter heading for chapter 19 (Surat Maryam) in the New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) style in gold ink. The text is written in a large Maghribi script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century AH/AD 18th century
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30
height
21.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 8 7/16 in. (30 x 21.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on Italian paper with a watermark of three crescents
creator_ids
15527
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
2827
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579
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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5ccb386a0006b221