Binding from Epic of Timur

13th century AH/AD 19th century

14 cm 23.5 cm

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This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.648 is attributable to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding is composed of green leather and has no flap. It has a blind-stamped central oval and pendants and the inner boards are lined with ikat textile.

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81309
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al-'abd Yar … (?) ibn Aq Muhammad, 1019 AH/AD 1610-1611 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 166a]; Anonymous owner, Rajab 1269 AH/AD 1853 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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