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Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece
Description
English: This folio from Walters manuscript W.563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece that is inscribed with the names of the 7 reciters (qurra') of the Qur'an and their transmitters (in gold) with 21 abbreviations (in blue) assigned to them according to the alpha-numerical system (abjad). The inscription in the upper and lower cartouches reads: asami al-qurra' al-sab' wa-riwayatuhum. The margins contain explanations of the number of readings in various chapters according to various reciters.
Date 9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid Empire
era QS:P2348,Q484195
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Medium ink and pigments on thin laid paper
Dimensions height: 40 cm (15.7 in); width: 31 cm (12.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,40U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,31U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.563.3B
Place of creation northern India
Object history
  • Sultan 'Uthman Khan [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp on fol. 3a]
  • Sultan Bayezid II [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal on fol. 8a]
  • Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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