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Double-page Illuminated Incipit
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This folio from Walters manuscript W.627 is the right side of a double-page illuminated incipit with inscriptions in the upper and lower panels in New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style, reading al-'uzmah li-LLah and al-qudrah li-Llah, respectively.
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] [bookplate]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1988 | Masterpieces of Ornament. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, after 1894
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.627.2B
