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Source Description
This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.664 has the title and the author's name in the upper and lower panels and a round medallion (shamsah) in the middle, with no inscription.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
80987
label
Illuminated Title Page
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
80987
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Title Page
description
This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.664 has the title and the author's name in the upper and lower panels and a round medallion (shamsah) in the middle, with no inscription.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
891 AH/AD 1486 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33
height
23
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 x W: 9 1/16 in. (33 x 23 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on thick, non-European paper and Italian paper
creator_ids
17758
17757
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7462db2fc962d20c