Keywords: Sultan 'Ali - Illuminated Incipit with Headpiece - Walters W6411B - Full Page.jpg This illuminated headpiece from Walters manuscript W 641 is inscribed Allah wa-la siwahu in gold in the New Abbasid Broken Cursive style on a deep blue background Incidentals are written in gold 899 AH/AD 1493-1494 Timurid ink and pigments on thick well-polished off-white paper cm 17 11 5 accession number W 641 1B 80051 Sultan 'Uthman reigned 1027 AH/AD 1618-1031 AH/AD 1622 date and mode of acquisition unknown erased waqf-seal and waqf-registration statement probably belonging to the Sultan on folio 1a Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Herat Afghanistan Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Jami Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review |