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Source Description
This is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.605, which together with the right side contains the title and the author's name, written in gold Thuluth script.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83557
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83557
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
description
This is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece from Walters manuscript W.605, which together with the right side contains the title and the author's name, written in gold Thuluth script.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
892 AH/AD 1486-900 AH/AD 1494-1495 (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/16 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23 x 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper
creator_ids
7689
15721
15722
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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