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Binding from Qur'an
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)
Walters manuscript W.561 is bound in a light brown goatskin binding, contemporary with the manuscript. The binding is decorated with blind- and gold-tooled geometric designs. There are traces of blue pigment.
Provenance
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Mamluk Amir Aytimish (Aytmish) [al-Bajasi] (died 802 AH/AD 1400), Cairo [date of acquisition unknown], by commission; Library of the Madrasah [later known as al-Madrasah al-Aytimishiyah], Bab al-Wazir, Cairo [date of acquistion unknown], by bequest [bequest (waqf) statement in the name of the Mamluk Amir Aytimish on folio 3a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2006-2007 | Venice and The Islamic World, 827-1797 (Venise et l'Orient). Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris Cedex 05; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
| 1988 | Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Egypt, Cairo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 14 9/16 x W: 10 7/16 in. (37 x 26.5 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.561.binding
