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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.643 is an illuminated incipit page bearing a titlepiece inscribed Lavayih in white Tawqi' script. In the outer margin is inscribed the text of the second work, Lavami'.
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Document identity
localId
81412
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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81412
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object
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normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.643 is an illuminated incipit page bearing a titlepiece inscribed Lavayih in white Tawqi' script. In the outer margin is inscribed the text of the second work, Lavami'.
provenance
Alllah Muhammad 'Ali, 1030 AH/AD 1620-1621 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Round seal in the center of fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 22 Jum. II 1105 AH/AD 1694 [mode of acquisition unknown] [a note on fol. 1a]; Mahmud, 1115 AH/AD 1703-1704 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Square seal with name Mahmud (partially erased) and an inscription with the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Shah Ghulami, Dhu al-Qa'dah 1127 AH/AD 1715 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Octagonal seal with name underneath an inscription giving the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Qavam (?), Daftar, 1301 AH/AD 1883-1884 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 2a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931, by bequest.
date
999 AH/AD 1591 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22.5
height
13
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 7/8 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13.0 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on rose-tinted, laid paper
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18550
15674
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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17094c823e13a269