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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.619 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece decorated in gold and polychrome designs.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81852
label
Double-page Iilluminated Frontispiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
81852
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Double-page Iilluminated Frontispiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.619 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece decorated in gold and polychrome designs.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
32
height
21.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (32.0 x 21.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on paper with margins of multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper
creator_ids
8016
15724
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ISL
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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980e10a41f0d42e8