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Illuminated Colophon
(Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts, Manuscripts and Rare Books)
In this colophon from Walters manuscript W.641, the scribe Sultan "Ali indicates that the manuscript was completed in 899 AH/AD 1493-1494 in the city of Herat, which is in present day Afghanistan. It reads as follows: qad faragha min taswid hdh al-kitab bi-'awn al-malik al-wahhab aqall al-'ibad /1/ Sultan 'Ali tajawaza Allah 'an sayyia<'>atih fi shuhur /2/ sanat tis' wa-tis'in wa-thamanimi<'>ah /3/ bi-baldat Harat /4/ m [=tamma] /5/.
Inscription
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 (reigned 1027 AH/AD 1618-1031 AH/AD 1622) (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased waqf-seal and waqf-registration statement probably belonging to the Sultan on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Afghanistan, Herat (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 11/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (17 x 11.5 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.641.70B
