lluminated Incipit with Headpiece

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Holding institution:
The Walters Art Museum
Data provider:
The Walters Art Museum
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Title:
lluminated Incipit with Headpiece
Date:
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
Description:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.604 is an illuminated incipit page that introduces the 2nd poem of the Khamsah, Khusraw va Shirin. The folio has a headpiece in foliated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style inscribed: dhikr al-qadim awlá bi-al-taqdim.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Timurid DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Type:
illuminated manuscripts
Subject:
Culture: Islamic
Provenance:
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)
Rights:
Public Domain
Identifier:
W.604.26B
Is part of:
MSS, ISL, MIS
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