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Source Description
This miniature from Walters manuscript W.649 depict a scene from the Suz va gudaz. On the morning the young man and woman were to be wed, the bridegroom travels to the home of his beloved. On his way, he stops to rest in a mud building. As a result of heavy rains, the structure falls and buries the bridegroom and his companions alive.
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Document identity
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80056
label
Bridegroom is Buried Under a Collapsed Building
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object
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Source metadata
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80056
contentType
object
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title
Bridegroom is Buried Under a Collapsed Building
description
This miniature from Walters manuscript W.649 depict a scene from the Suz va gudaz. On the morning the young man and woman were to be wed, the bridegroom travels to the home of his beloved. On his way, he stops to rest in a mud building. As a result of heavy rains, the structure falls and buries the bridegroom and his companions alive.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1068 AH/AD 1657 (Safavid; Mughal)
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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
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cm
width
23.5
height
14.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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16860
16859
16858
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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