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Binding from Epic of Timur
This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.648 is attributable to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding is composed of green leather and has no flap. It has a blind-stamped central oval and pendants and the inner boards are lined with ikat textile.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
al-'abd Yar … (?) ibn Aq Muhammad, 1019 AH/AD 1610-1611 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 166a]; Anonymous owner, Rajab 1269 AH/AD 1853 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 1/2 in. (23.5 x 14 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.648.binding
