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Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece and Bequest (Waqf) Stamp
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.667 has an illuminated headpiece and the bequest (waqf) stamp of the Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, dated 1130 AH.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Sayyid Burhan al-Din [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal dated 1039 AH, on fol. 1a]; al-Wazir al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf-stamp dated 1130 AH on fols. 1a, 1b, 2a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 5/16 in. (24.5 x 13.5 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.667.1B
