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Binding from Glossary of Islamic Legal Terminology
This binding from Walters manuscript W.590 is composed of light brown goatskin and has a flap. It is decorated with a gold-tooled oval central medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces. The pastedowns is of colored paper.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Muhammad Afandi Tarabizani [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 2a]; Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Kadharuni [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 2a]; Isma'il al-Sayyid 'Ata' Allah al-Maliki al-Husayni, 1113 AH/AD 1701 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see seal on fol. 2a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 11 x W: 6 5/16 in. (28 x 16 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.590.binding
