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| Keywords: Iranian - Left Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit - Walters W5573A - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 557 is the left side of a double-page incipit with the initial verses of chapter 1 Surat al-baqarah written in a decorative New Abbasid Broken Cursive style 6th century AH/AD 12th century ink pigments laid paper with chain lines that appear to be grouped in twos cm 34 5 20 5 accession number W 557 3A 77615 Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan reigned 1168 AH/AD 1754-1171 AH/AD 1757 date and mode of acquisition unknown Erased seal of Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan and a waqf inscription by Ibrahim Hanif and his seal fol 1a Henry Walters Baltimore 1897 mode of acquisition unknown Inscription in pencil H enry W alters May 1897 direct from Constantinople front flyleaf ia Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1897 Speaking the Word of God Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
