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Binding from Selection of Poems
This black leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, Walters W.641, has a stamped central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces, all covered with cloudband motifs.
The red doublure, also original to the manuscript, is decorated with a central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces decorated with filigree work on a blue ground. A strip of marbled paper is present at the hinge.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Sultan 'Uthman (reigned 1027 AH/AD 1618-1031 AH/AD 1622) (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased waqf-seal and waqf-registration statement probably belonging to the Sultan on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1988 | Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Afghanistan, Herat (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 6 11/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (17 x 11.5 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.641.binding
