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| Keywords: Ahmad ibn Hajji Abi Bakr al-Katib - Illuminated Preface to the First Book of the Collection of Poems (masnavi) - Walters W6251B - Full Page.jpg This page from Walters manuscript W 625 is the right side of a double-page illuminated preface written in Arabic introducing the first book daftar of the Collection of poems Masnavi-i ma'navi The text is written in gold and blue Tawqi' script and there is interlinear decoration The text area is framed by an illuminated border of gilt and polychrome decoration on a blue ground islamic 1461 865 ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper cm 24 5 16 accession number W 625 1B 80031 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 Rumi Poems Walters MS 625 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
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