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Source Description
This dentelle-style brown goatskin binding from Walters manuscript W.557 has a central lobed medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces and is attributable to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. The binding is not contemporary with the textblock.
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Document identity
localId
81405
label
Binding from Qur'an
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obj
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object
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8
Source metadata
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81405
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Binding from Qur'an
description
This dentelle-style brown goatskin binding from Walters manuscript W.557 has a central lobed medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces and is attributable to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. The binding is not contemporary with the textblock.
provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan (reigned 1168 AH/AD 1754-1171 AH/AD 1757) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Erased seal of Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan and a waqf inscription by Ibrahim Hanif and his seal (fol. 1a)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Inscription in pencil: H(enry) W(alters) May 1897 direct from Constantinople (front flyleaf ia)]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (?)
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
bindings
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8
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
34.5
height
20.5
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 1/16 in. (34.5 x 20.5 cm)
Source extras
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brown goatskin
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none
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