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| Keywords: 'Ali ibn Abi Talib - Incipit with illuminated Headpiece - Walters W5792B - Full Page.jpg Walters manuscript W 579 opens with an illuminated headpiece containing a cartouche with the doxological formula basmalah in Tawqi' script Fluid and curvilinear Tawqi' script is used for headings and rarely used for the main text As seen here while having inscribed the headpiece with Tawqi' the scribe wrote the main text in alternating black Naskh and gold Thuluth The Naskh panels are framed by medallions with a gold-tooled outline The contours of the Thuluth lines are decorated with blue tendrils over a ground of red hatched lines Gold rosettes mark the verse endings The stamp in the right margin is the personal seal of the Vizier 'Ali Pasha who gave the manuscript to an educational charity in 1130 AH/AD 1717 islamic 1534 941 ink pigments laid paper cm 23 5 16 5 accession number W 579 2B 76636 Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha ca 1130 AH/AD 1717 mode of acquisition unknown waqf-seal impression of the Vizier dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with the original shelf mark 1414 on fols 2a 2b and 3a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Masterpieces of Ornament The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988 Speaking the Word of God Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 place of origin Astarabad present-day Gorgan Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Prayer Book by Ali Walters MS 579 | ||||
