Keywords: African - Illuminated Incipit Page with Headpiece - Walters W5564B - Full Page.jpg This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W 556 has a headpiece with an inscription in an Early Abbasid Kufic script that is now illegible due to damage The headpiece is of geometric design in gold white and blue with a palmette medallion in the margin The palmette has been cropped due to a later trimming of the manuscript 6th century AH/AD 12th century ink pigments parchment cm 16 15 accession number W 556 4B 79952 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 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 Almohad art |