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Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This codex, Walters manuscript W.582m opens with this decorated incipit page with an illuminated rectangular headpiece. The page has 5 inner panels of text executed in the following scripts: Muhaqqaq (gold), Naskh (black), and Thuluth (blue).

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

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Creators

al-Busiri (Egyptian, died 694 AH/AD 1294) (Author)
Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khuwarizmi (Scribe)

Period

11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century

Medium

ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.582.1B

Measurements

H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)

Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)
Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad	Title
11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century	Period
W.582	Accession
optimamoving	Tags

Binding from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad	Title
12th century AH/AD 18th century	Period
W.582.binding	Accession

Illuminated Explicit Page with Colophon	Title
11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century	Period
W.582.23A	Accession