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Illuminated Colophon

Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish) (Scribe)
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
ink and pigments on cream-colored paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This final page of Walters manuscript W.577 has a signed and dated colophon written in Ijazah script. The colophon indicates that the text was copied by Muhammad ibn Mustafá in 1282 AHAD/ 1865-1866. It also indicates that this codex is the 21st copy made by this particular calligrapher.

Inscription

[Transliteration] In Arabic, vocalized: katabahu al-faqīru ilá Allāhi ta 'ālá /1/ Mubākshāhu ibn Qutbin ghafara Allāhu /2/ dhunūbahumā wa-satara 'uyūbahumā fī Sha'bāni /3/ sanata thalāth wa-'ishrīna wa-sab'a mi'atin /4/ hāmidan li-Llāhi ta'ālá 'alá ni'amihi wa-musalliyan /5/ 'alá nabīyihi Muhammadin wa-ālihi al-ghurari al-kirāmi /6/ al-tayyibīna al-tāhirīna wa-musalliman taslīman /7/

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

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

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Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 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.

W.577.304B

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Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish)
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
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