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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.631 contains a colophon in partly vocalized Arabic in the shape of a triangle. The colophon gives the date of copying.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82793
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82793
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.631 contains a colophon in partly vocalized Arabic in the shape of a triangle. The colophon gives the date of copying.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
22
height
13
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22 x 13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat [sic] al-kitāb bi-'awni Allāhi al-maliki al-wahhāb wa-sallá Allāh /1/ 'alá khayr khalqih Muhammad wa-ālihi ajma'in wa-al-hamd li-Llāhi /2/ rabbi al-'ālamīn fī ta<'>rīkh salkhi /3/ Safar khutima [sic] bi-al-khayr wa-al-zafar /4/ sanat 946 /5/ m [=tamma] m [=tamma] m [=tamma] /6/
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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15730
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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8a367eee12d3a567