Keywords: Firdawsi - Incipit Page with Illuminated Ttlepiece - Walters W60014B - Full Page.jpg This illuminated titlepiece from Walters manuscript W 600 is inscribed aghaz-i kitab-i Shahnamah the beginning of the book of the Shahnamah in white ink on a blue ground with polychrome decoration 10th century AH/AD 16th century Safavid ink pigments laid paper cm 32 5 19 accession number W 600 14B 83468 Ahmad date and mode of acquisition unknown seal impression with name on fol 1a Unknown owner 1789 mode of acquisition unknown ownership entry dated 12 Jumadá I 1204 AH/AD 1789 on fol 1a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Shahnameh Safavid Walters MS 600 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |