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Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece Introducing the Gospel of Mark
7192 AM/AD 1684
Under this illuminated headpiece on this folio from Walters manuscrpit W.592 is written Muqaddimat Injil Marqus al-Rasul (Introduction to the Gospel of Mark the Evangelist; lit.: messenger) in red Naskh.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Henry Walters Ex Libris book plate on the inside of the upper board]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 5/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
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.592.84A
