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Source Description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.623 marks the end of Ayinah-i Iskanadari and the beginning of Hasht bihisht. The latter is introduced by 2 panels with the inscription: Bab fath Hasht bihist.The folio contains the 2nd of 2 colophons giving the dates of copying and the titles of the individual poems: Majnun va Laylá and Ayinah-i Iskanadari.
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83685
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Text Page
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83685
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Text Page
description
This text page from Walters manuscript W.623 marks the end of Ayinah-i Iskanadari and the beginning of Hasht bihisht. The latter is introduced by 2 panels with the inscription: Bab fath Hasht bihist.The folio contains the 2nd of 2 colophons giving the dates of copying and the titles of the individual poems: Majnun va Laylá and Ayinah-i Iskanadari.
provenance
Ibn Abi Husayn 'Ali [...] 'Ali, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownsership statement plus seal on fol. 1a];Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1017 AH/AD 1609 (Safavid)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
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cm
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34.5
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22
dimensionsRaw
H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 11/16 in. (34.5 x 22 cm)
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cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Transliteration] tammat al-kitāb bi-'awn al-Malik al-Wahhāb tamām shud kitāb /1/ Iskandar nāmah-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī dar tārīkh-i sānī va 'ishrīn /2/ shahr Dhū al-Hijjah sanat-i sab' 'ashar va alf /3/
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Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on mostly laid paper
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7404
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none
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1
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photo
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