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Map of the Northeastern Tip of Rhodes Island Facing the Anatolian Coast with the Island of Syme
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a map of the northeastern tip of Rhodes (Rodos, Rudus) Island facing the Anatolian coast with the island of Syme (Sömbeki).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Ahmad Afandi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 4a]; Ali Afandi [date and mode of acquisiton unknown] [see folio 4a]; Sayyid Ali Qapudan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see folio 1a]; Sultan Mahmud Khan [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [waqf seal and followed by a bequest statement (now erased), and the seal of the inspector of wakfs, Mustafá Tahir, see folio 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey
(Place of Origin)
Greece, Rhodes (Place Depicted)
Turkey, Anatolia (Place Depicted)
Measurements
H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (34 x 24 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.658.100B
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