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Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
1191 AH/AD 1777 (Ottoman)
This folio from Walters manuscript W.586 is an illuminated incipit page with a headpiece.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
al-Sayyid Abu Bakr al-Hilmi, 1281(?) AH/AD 1864-1865 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with the name and date on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/8 in. (18 x 10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.586.1B
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Parent Object
Work on the Duties of Muslims Towards the Prophet Muhammad with an Account of His Life
1191 AH/AD 1777 (Ottoman)