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Source Description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a man questions a preacher about the meaning of the direction a rooster faces while on the roof.
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Document identity
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83761
label
A Man Questions a Preacher about the Meaning of the Direction a Rooster Faces While on the Roof
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Source metadata
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83761
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object
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normalized
title
A Man Questions a Preacher about the Meaning of the Direction a Rooster Faces While on the Roof
description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a man questions a preacher about the meaning of the direction a rooster faces while on the roof.
provenance
Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1073 AH/AD 1663
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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
dimensions
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cm
width
26.5
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (26.5 x 15 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper (probably Kashmiri)
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15727
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MIS
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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