Illuminated Titlepiece and Medallion

Description Provenance Credit

Description This page from Walters manuscript W.589 has an illuminated titlepiece in the upper panel and an authorship statement in the central medallion.

Provenance Grand Vizier 'Ali Pasha (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased waqf seal with shelf mark 1830 or 8830 on fol. 1a]; 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

Jamal al-Din al-Tifashi (Author)

Period

989 AH/AD 1581 (Ottoman)

Medium

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

Accession Number

W.589.1A

Measurements

H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)

Geographies

Syria (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View