Text Page with Illuminated Triangular Pieces

Description This text page from Walters manuscript W.649 has triangular pieces with a polychrome floral and scrolling vine motif on a gold ground. The verses, in Nasta'liq script in black ink, are written obliquely in the center of the page.

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

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters