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| Keywords: Indian - Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece - Walters W5634B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 563 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece that is inscribed with the names of the 7 reciters qurra' of the Qur'an and their transmitters in gold with abbreviations in blue assigned to them according to the alpha-numerical system abjad The margins contain explanations of the number of readings in various chapters according to various reciters 9th century AH/AD 15th century Timurid ink and pigments on thin laid paper cm 40 31 accession number W 563 4B 81371 Sultan 'Uthman Khan date and mode of acquisition unknown erased bequest waqf statement and stamp on fol 3a Sultan Bayezid II date and mode of acquisition unknown seal on fol 8a Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin northern India Walters Art Museum license 2D Mughal manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
