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| Keywords: African - Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece for Chapter 19 - Walters W5681B - Full Page.jpg This page from Walters manuscript W 568 has an illuminated headpiece inscribed with the chapter heading for chapter 19 Surat Maryam in the New Abbasid Broken Cursive style in gold ink The text is written in a large Maghribi script with vocalization in red green and yellow ink 12th century AH/AD 18th century ink and pigments on Italian paper with a watermark of three crescents cm 30 21 5 accession number W 568 1B 80024 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1997 Speaking the Word of God Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 Poetry and Prayer Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2010 place of origin Maghreb Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Illuminated manuscripts created in Africa Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
