Text Page with Illuminated Chapter Heading for Chapter 4

Description 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 Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters