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| Keywords: Iranian - Left Side of a Double-page Illuminated Incipit - Walters W5672A - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 567 is the left side of a double-page illuminated incipit The verses of chapter 2 Surat al-baqarah are written in a vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red and interlinear gold decoration The chapter headings and indication of number of verses are written in Riqa script in red ink on a gold ground in the upper rectangular panel A wide illuminated border with blue half medallions and polychrome arabesques surrounds the text The upper and lower panels and text area are separated by red frames with white dots and a narrow white border with black motifs 1230 AH/AD 1814-1815 ink and pigments on cream laid paper cm 13 5 8 accession number W 567 2A 79963 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 Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
