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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.606 contains 1 of 6 colophons in Arabic with the name of the scribe. The colophons are dated to show that the various poems of the Khamsah were not executed consecutively; dates as follows: 29 Dhu al-Hijjah 923 AH (fol. 32a); 7 Rabi' I 924 AH (fol. 113a); Safar 924 AH (fol. 169a); 6 Dhu al-Hijjah 923 AH (fol. 234a); 19 Muharram 924 AH (fol. 320a); 5 Muharram 924 AH (fol. 368a).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83103
label
Colophon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83103
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colophon
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.606 contains 1 of 6 colophons in Arabic with the name of the scribe. The colophons are dated to show that the various poems of the Khamsah were not executed consecutively; dates as follows: 29 Dhu al-Hijjah 923 AH (fol. 32a); 7 Rabi' I 924 AH (fol. 113a); Safar 924 AH (fol. 169a); 6 Dhu al-Hijjah 923 AH (fol. 234a); 19 Muharram 924 AH (fol. 320a); 5 Muharram 924 AH (fol. 368a).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29.5
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] qad faragha min tahrīr hadhā al-kitāb al-mawsūm bi-Iqbāl nānah /1/ Iskandarī min musannafāt afdal al-shu'arā wa- /2/ afsah al-bulaghā wa-akmal al-hukamā Shaykh Nizāmī /3/ 'alá yad al-'abd al-faqīr Muhammad al-mashhūr /4/ bi-Mūsá al-Mudhahhib fī 5 /5/ Muharram sanat 924 /6/ m (= tamma) /7/
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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7689
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MSS
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MIS
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none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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