Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.606 introduces the Iqbalnamah, the 2nd part of the 5th poem of the Khamsah, Iskandarnamah.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
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
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.606.320B