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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.577 is an illuminated text page with the initial verses of chapter 3 (Surat al-'imran). The text is written in Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82681
label
Illuminated Text Page
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82681
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Text Page
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.577 is an illuminated text page with the initial verses of chapter 3 (Surat al-'imran). The text is written in Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
citationUrl
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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
13
height
9
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored paper
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16702
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MSS
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MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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c20e94a4c39faac4