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Binding from Five Poems (Quintet)
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This gold-brushed, panel-stamped brown leather (with a flap) is not original to Walters manuscript W.606. It has partially legible verse inscriptions in the upper and lower frames and doublures of red leather with central medallions, pendants, and cornerpieces, also brushed with gold.
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
Folio H: 11 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (29.5 x 17 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.606.binding
