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| Keywords: Firdawsi - Text Page of Shahnamah Preface - Walters W6002B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 600 is the 1st page of the preface ordered by Baysunghur in 829 AH/AD 1425-1426 The text is largely written in black Nasta'liq script with incidentals in blue and gold The preface ends on fol 14a with a colophon 10th century AH/AD 16th century Safavid ink pigments laid paper cm 32 5 19 accession number W 600 2B 83467 Ahmad date and mode of acquisition unknown seal impression with name on fol 1a Unknown owner 1789 mode of acquisition unknown ownership entry dated 12 Jumadá I 1204 AH/AD 1789 on fol 1a 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 Shahnameh Safavid Walters MS 600 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
