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Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece

Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292) (Author)
'Abd Allah ibn Shaykh Murshid al-Katib (Scribe)
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.618 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece introducing the text of the Gulistan.

Provenance
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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.

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Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)

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Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Third Floor: Manuscripts

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.618.3B

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Sa'di (died 691 AH/AD 1292)
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
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