Binding from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Description This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.582 probably dates to the later 12th century AH/AD 18th, contemporary with the inlaid margins. The binding is composed of red goatskin and has a flap. The binding has a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces, and doublures of black leather with central lobed oval and pendants brushed with gold.

Provenance [Two erased large seals on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters