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Incipit Page for Chapter 1 of the Qur'an

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This opening page from Walters manuscript W.559 is inscribed with the first sura of the Qur'an, Surat al-fatiha. The Qur'anic text is written in black naskh and the Persian interlinear translation is in red.

Exhibitions

Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Mubarakshah ibn Qutb (Iranian) (Scribe)

Period

723 AH/AD 1323

Medium

ink and pigments on dark cream laid Persian paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.559.2B

Measurements

H: 7 5/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (18.5 x 13.5 cm)

Geographies

Iran, Ilkhanid (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Qur'an	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (?)	Period
W.559.binding	Accession

Left Side of a Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece	Title
723 AH/AD 1323	Period
W.559.1A	Accession

Initial Verses of Chapter 2 of the Qur'an	Title
723 AH/AD 1323	Period
W.559.3A	Accession

Leaf from Qur'an	Title
723 AH/AD 1323	Period
W.559.182A	Accession

Right Side of a Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece	Title
723 AH/AD 1323	Period
W.559.1B	Accession