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Illuminated Double-page Incipit with Titlepiece

Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492) (Author)

Haydar al-Husayni (Persian, active ca. 1557-1558) (Scribe)

965 AH/AD 1557-1558 (Safavid)

ink and pigments on cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.642 is the right side of an illuminated double-page incipit from with the top panel inscribed with the title of the poem in white Tawqi'/Riqa' script on a gold background. The text area has interlinear gilt decoration with polychrome floral motifs. The illuminated borders are of a blue ground with gilt medallions and floral forms.

Provenance

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Unknown collection [seal erased; original shelfmark of 3934 on on tail edge of codex]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 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.

W.642.1B

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Parent Object

Poem (masnavi)

Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492)