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Incipit Page with Illuminated Headpiece
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Safavid)
This folio from Walters manuscript W.601 is an incipit page with a illuminated headpiece.
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
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: 10 1/4 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26 x 16.5 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.601.1B
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Parent Object
Book of Kings (Shahnama)
Manuscript: 1028 AH/AD 1618-1619; Illustrations: 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid)