Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.612 has an illuminated headpiece beginning the 3rd poem of the Khamsah: Laylá va Majnun.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)

Period

11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.612.117B

Measurements

H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 1/2 in. (27 x 16.5 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

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