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Text Page with Illuminated Chapter Heading for Chapter 4
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This text page from Walters manuscript W.567 has an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 4 (Surat al-nisa') in Riqa' script in red ink on a gold ground. The text is in vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red, and illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
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: 5 5/16 x W: 3 1/8 in. (13.5 x 8 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.567.24B
