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Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This page from Walters manuscript W.629 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed wa-Llah khayr hafiz. The main text is decorated with interlinear illumination with polychrome motifs. The vertical divider is illuminated with floral motifs on a blue ground. The headpiece and written surface are surrounded by a dark blue band with white crosses and an illuminated frame.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mustafá Pasha Vali-i Iskandariyah, prior to 1231 [mode of acquisition unknown] [dated 1231, see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi, 1285 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi Vali-i Salanik, 1303 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 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.629.1B
