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Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)
This illuminated titlepiece from Walters manuscript W.657 is inscribed in white Tawqi'/Riqa' script: Makhzan al-asrar-i Shaykh-i Nizami 'alayhi al-rahmah. Three small triangular pieces at the beginning of the text introduce Matla' al-anwar, the first poem of the Khamsah of Dihlavi. There is one cornerpiece with floral design.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Mundir [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with motton on fol. 280b]; Khwand Mulla Mahdi Sahhaf-i Tabrizi, Tabriz, 1295 AH/AD 1878 [mode of acquisition unknown] [note regarding re-binding and restoration of this volume by the bookbinder on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
India
(Place of Origin)
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 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.657.1B
