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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.618 is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece introducing the text of the Gulistan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83711
label
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
83711
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.618 is the left side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece introducing the text of the Gulistan.
provenance
Private collection, Tehran [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [list of books, by an anonymous owner, which were in his house in Tehran on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
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
26.5
height
16.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins
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15725
15724
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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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