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Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece

Indian (Artist)
9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)
ink, paint, and gold on thin laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece, decorated with a large circular medallion (shamsah) surrounded by 4 roundels. The area within the frame and the margins contains explanations of the number of readings in various chapters according to various reciters.

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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; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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2009 The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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India (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 15 3/4 x W: 12 3/16 in. (40 x 31 cm)

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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.

W.563.5B

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Qur'an

Indian
15th century (Timurid)
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