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Double-page Illuminated Incipit   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Double-page Illuminated Incipit
Description
English: This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated incipit for chapter 7 (Surat al-a'raf). The text is inscribed in gold Muhaqqaq script, outlined in black with vocalization in blue and counters filled in in red and green. The ground is richly decorated with floral motifs. The margins contain various phrases and words with explanations of their readings according to different reciters.
Date 9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid Empire
era QS:P2348,Q484195
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Medium ink and pigments on thin laid paper
Dimensions height: 40 cm (15.7 in); width: 31 cm (12.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,40U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,31U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.563.137B
Place of creation northern India
Object history
  • Sultan 'Uthman Khan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp on fol. 3a]
  • Sultan Bayezid II [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal on fol. 8a]
  • Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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