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Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209) (Author)

885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.604 introduces the 4th poem of the Khamsah, Haft paykar, and has a headpiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah) in a foliated New Abbasid (Broken Cursive) Style.

Provenance

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

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Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 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.

W.604.146B

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Parent Object

Five Poems (Quintet)

Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)