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Source Description
This brown leather binding from Walters manuscript W.609 has a stamped center and side panels brushed with gold, and no flap. The binding has an inscription in the upper and lower rectangles, and doublures with blue dentelle-style filigree work. The binding may be original to the manuscript but was repaired at a later stage in the codex's history.
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Document identity
localId
81307
label
Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)
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obj
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object
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5
Source metadata
id
81307
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)
description
This brown leather binding from Walters manuscript W.609 has a stamped center and side panels brushed with gold, and no flap. The binding has an inscription in the upper and lower rectangles, and doublures with blue dentelle-style filigree work. The binding may be original to the manuscript but was repaired at a later stage in the codex's history.
provenance
Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
922 AH/AD 1516 (?) (Safavid (?))
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bindings
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty (?)
med
brown leather with gold
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6768
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ISL
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MSS
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none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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