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Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit

Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish) (Scribe)
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
ink and pigments on cream-colored paper
(Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books)

This folio from Walters manuscript W.577 is the right side of this illuminated double-page incipit is the incipit for chapter 1 (Surat al-fatihah). The page is divided into three compartments: an upper and lower panel flanking a central area. In the upper and lower panels the chapter title and number of verses are inscribed in headings in Riqa' script in white ink. In the central area the Qur'anic verses are written in vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. The border contains polychrome trefoils and floral scroll work on a blue ground.

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

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2012 Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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Turkey (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)

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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.577.1B

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Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish)
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)
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