Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)
This opening page from Walters manuscript W.583 has an illuminated headpiece with polychrome floral design. There is also interlinear gilt decoration.
Provenance
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Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [book plate: no. 1155 LG]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [from Leon Gruel]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/2 x W: 4 3/4 in. (19 x 12 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.583.1B