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Illuminated Text Page with Verses from Chapter 2
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This folio from Walters manuscript W.557 is a text page from chapter 2 (Surat al-baqarah). The name of Allah is illuminated in gold, as it is throughout the manuscript. Verses are separated by an illuminated teardrop form.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 1/16 in. (34.5 x 20.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1897
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.557.7B
