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Source Description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.604 introduces the 5th poem of the Khamsah, Iskandarnamah, and has a headpiece with an unidentified inscription in foliated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83195
label
Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
83195
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece
description
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.604 introduces the 5th poem of the Khamsah, Iskandarnamah, and has a headpiece with an unidentified inscription in foliated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Timurid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
7689
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ba78384447c15113