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Right Side of Illuminated Double-page Incipit
This folio from Walters manuscript W.575 is the right side of an illuminated double-page incipit. It is inscribed with the name of chapter 1 (Surat al-fatihah) and the phrase: la yamassuhu illá al-mutahharun (only the ritually pure should touch it).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 3/4 x W: 2 9/16 in. (9.5 x 6.5 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.575.2B
