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Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece
This incipit page from Walters manuscript W.611 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed hadha kitab Khamsah-i Mawlana Shaykh-i Nizami. It introduces the 1st poem of the Khamsah, Makhzan al-asrar. There is interlinear gilt decoration on this page and the facing page.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; [partly visible seal impression dated [1]230 (?) AH on fol. 1a]; 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
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.611.1B
