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Source Description

This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.605 has an illuminated titlepiece inscribed with the title of the poem, Kitab-i Khusraw va Shirin, in gold ink.

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Document identity
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83580
label
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
83580
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
description
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.605 has an illuminated titlepiece inscribed with the title of the poem, Kitab-i Khusraw va Shirin, in gold ink.
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)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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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
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7689
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15722
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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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