Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.621 has an illuminated titlepiece inscribed Kitab-i bustan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di in gold Tawqi' script.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
81951
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
81951
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.621 has an illuminated titlepiece inscribed Kitab-i bustan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di in gold Tawqi' script.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (27 x 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on cream and pink-tinted laid paper
creator_ids
15724
collection_ids
ISL
MSS
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
f5acdb0f0ba25a91