Description
This dentelle-style brown goatskin binding from Walters manuscript W.557 has a central lobed medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces and is attributable to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. The binding is not contemporary with the textblock.
Provenance
Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan (reigned 1168 AH/AD 1754-1171 AH/AD 1757) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Erased seal of Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan and a waqf inscription by Ibrahim Hanif and his seal (fol. 1a)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Inscription in pencil: H(enry) W(alters) May 1897 direct from Constantinople (front flyleaf ia)]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1897
