Illuminated Text Page with the Noble Names Accorded to the Prophet Muhammad
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This text folio is from Walters manuscript W.583. Like many copies of this text, this manuscript includes additional devotional material, such as lists of the noble names accorded to the Prophet Muhammad.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [book plate: no. 1155 LG]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [from Leon Gruel]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
2010 | Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/2 x W: 4 3/4 in. (19 x 12 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.583.11B