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Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
This folio from Walters manuscript W.610 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece with the beginning of the text of the 1st poem of the Khamsah: Makhzan al-asrar. The inscription above the text in light pink (on both sides) reads: Kitab-i Khamsah-i Shaykh-i Nizami.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1988 | Masterpieces of Ornament. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 13/16 x W: 7 7/8 in. (32.5 x 20 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.610.1B
