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Source Description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.611 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed hadha kitab Khamsah-i Mawlana Shaykh-i Nizami. It introduces the 1st poem of the Khamsah, Makhzan al-asrar. There is interlinear gilt decoration on this page and the facing page.
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Document identity
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83378
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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83378
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object
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normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.611 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed hadha kitab Khamsah-i Mawlana Shaykh-i Nizami. It introduces the 1st poem of the Khamsah, Makhzan al-asrar. There is interlinear gilt decoration on this page and the facing page.
provenance
Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; [partly visible seal impression dated [1]230 (?) AH on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1059 AH/AD 1649 (Safavid; Qajar)
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
29.5
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty; Qajar Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
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19254
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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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11ae4f66364c7d94