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Binding from One Hundred Sayings
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.615 may date to the 9th or 10th century AH/AD 15th or 16th. The binding is dark brown goatskin (with a flap) and has a central lobed oval and pendants brushed with gold. The red leather doublures are decorated with filigree and a central lobed oval. The binding has a half-oval for the flap.
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.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 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.615.binding
